US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$58,171typical hospital bill
$13,529typical amount paid
$11,036–$31,931range paid across 95 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,171 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria24$55,036$11,036
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion21$71,421$11,058
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights304$54,895$11,261
St Marys HospitalDecatur23$50,551$11,694
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington97$49,069$11,745
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove98$50,684$11,747
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights167$35,679$11,774
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon56$50,551$11,776
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon36$59,995$11,824
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin22$57,716$11,840
Edward HospitalNaperville155$67,247$11,956
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island45$33,441$11,963
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville105$63,034$12,006
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal59$46,305$12,013
Anderson HospitalMaryville35$50,191$12,171
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange61$37,790$12,215
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park28$31,415$12,216
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park44$70,197$12,232
Cgh Medical CenterSterling31$59,294$12,281
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox246$30,382$12,374
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur93$42,542$12,384
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin26$71,235$12,411
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb97$56,096$12,455
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village114$63,319$12,473
Herrin HospitalHerrin57$44,152$12,501
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights27$45,213$12,574
Memorial HospitalBelleville111$57,409$12,608
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin68$62,133$12,627
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet171$77,121$12,777
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora88$52,588$12,787
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon80$54,889$12,799
St Josephs HospitalBreese17$29,778$12,900
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee100$46,425$12,908
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates85$65,178$12,914
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan27$88,581$12,965
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park43$40,371$13,003
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport21$53,045$13,025
Osf Heart of Mary Medical CenterUrbana16$45,984$13,179
Blessing HospitalQuincy64$65,948$13,239
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton24$29,812$13,260
Gateway Regional Medical CenterGranite City11$108,334$13,314
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey48$54,463$13,334
Community First Medical CenterChicago14$80,349$13,340
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora42$85,169$13,359
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia39$30,326$13,383
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington39$42,926$13,416
St Johns HospitalSpringfield65$59,507$13,528
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale50$35,565$13,529
Uw HealthRockford60$80,758$13,594
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford98$63,338$13,644
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris27$77,834$13,774
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry223$60,835$13,778
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville26$39,928$13,819
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana153$77,444$13,846
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria25$57,986$13,854
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook28$42,613$13,856
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham48$30,558$13,959
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva115$68,826$13,961
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon35$55,527$14,063
Jersey Community HospitalJerseyville12$36,179$14,228
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale47$60,733$14,247
Swedish HospitalChicago45$49,540$14,346
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield142$91,031$14,416
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston419$45,833$14,433
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru69$41,791$14,462
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest124$83,691$14,554
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee45$92,245$14,697
Holy Cross HospitalChicago21$67,630$14,734
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton60$47,335$14,862
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield102$60,805$14,872
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago105$82,394$14,979
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst136$65,954$15,380
Carle Richland Memorial HospitalOlney14$58,171$15,432
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb13$29,367$15,485
Javon Bea HospitalRockford45$71,919$15,602
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn98$60,098$16,075
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge142$70,783$16,248
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park17$75,057$16,631
Saint James HospitalPontiac15$50,102$17,094
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago61$54,301$17,247
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields59$58,843$17,494
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago29$72,661$17,627
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago15$53,962$17,943
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg43$47,074$18,041
Macneal HospitalBerwyn33$97,696$18,076
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston51$73,271$18,170
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago250$80,745$18,924
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria121$72,150$19,397
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago29$93,340$21,277
Rush University Medical CenterChicago77$44,210$21,402
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago30$63,311$22,929
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago88$107,269$23,900
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago24$60,634$25,730
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood47$81,944$27,344
Graham Hospital AssociationCanton13$91,102$31,931

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.