US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Procedures with Cc in Illinois

MS-DRG 164: Major chest procedures with cc

$116,215typical hospital bill
$24,776typical amount paid
$16,850–$37,906range paid across 16 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $116,215 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights31$102,309$16,850
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox14$54,777$18,301
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights13$87,481$19,145
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst19$116,968$19,638
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield29$84,825$20,648
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry19$127,073$21,192
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield65$191,448$22,410
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn28$115,462$24,211
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston44$96,213$25,341
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago64$162,569$26,708
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood14$98,034$29,937
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest19$187,811$30,518
Rush University Medical CenterChicago55$56,977$31,631
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge24$139,036$34,636
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago37$149,154$35,364
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria30$118,057$37,906

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.