US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 178: Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc

$37,712typical hospital bill
$8,157typical amount paid
$6,939–$15,453range paid across 53 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,712 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington17$34,133$6,939
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville20$48,068$7,062
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights54$22,838$7,115
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove28$42,785$7,135
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon14$24,502$7,208
Memorial HospitalBelleville28$47,586$7,449
Cgh Medical CenterSterling14$31,744$7,459
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal20$31,106$7,537
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet25$52,470$7,590
Anderson HospitalMaryville19$41,830$7,605
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village19$33,556$7,606
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange17$24,715$7,634
Edward HospitalNaperville49$33,859$7,677
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb28$49,028$7,740
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee16$26,710$7,836
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights82$37,712$7,922
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur19$30,213$7,926
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton18$29,032$7,931
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport20$34,572$8,005
Herrin HospitalHerrin13$32,053$8,022
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry76$44,362$8,022
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva29$52,028$8,079
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia11$25,219$8,088
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park11$21,412$8,100
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru12$32,011$8,109
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon30$40,464$8,120
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon15$31,173$8,157
Blessing HospitalQuincy24$43,922$8,291
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox43$18,244$8,318
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria11$43,465$8,353
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield34$43,231$8,458
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora25$39,925$8,549
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest51$48,734$8,594
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst36$42,029$8,747
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston169$27,865$8,840
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford15$34,404$8,891
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago17$41,863$8,945
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn25$35,192$9,431
Macneal HospitalBerwyn14$55,879$9,484
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana48$49,690$9,615
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge28$50,101$9,734
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates13$31,837$9,950
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria40$39,333$10,025
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield67$63,971$10,204
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg15$30,589$10,206
Swedish HospitalChicago11$37,348$10,264
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago11$36,405$10,348
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields13$49,444$10,646
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin27$40,787$10,655
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago86$41,782$11,350
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood11$43,374$13,969
Rush University Medical CenterChicago23$27,384$14,111
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago31$84,349$15,453

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.