US Health Care Costs

Mini-stroke (TIA) in Illinois

MS-DRG 069: Transient ischemia without thrombolytic

$41,869typical hospital bill
$6,840typical amount paid
$5,524–$10,385range paid across 30 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,869 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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$45,252$5,524
Edward HospitalNaperville23$45,761$5,639
Herrin HospitalHerrin15$40,964$5,828
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington12$32,989$5,878
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights28$27,093$6,027
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville18$47,693$6,230
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox30$25,257$6,368
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb12$45,717$6,406
Blessing HospitalQuincy19$42,561$6,410
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon24$30,490$6,452
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton13$34,455$6,580
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry26$46,856$6,610
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates15$38,498$6,706
St Johns HospitalSpringfield18$35,772$6,773
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield29$36,859$6,789
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park24$36,952$6,892
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield12$50,662$7,099
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana17$42,807$7,164
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora16$57,436$7,344
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston23$35,046$7,352
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago16$54,972$7,540
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale11$36,677$7,592
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria16$52,902$7,726
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge30$48,235$8,046
Memorial HospitalBelleville15$36,117$8,057
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn12$41,178$8,397
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria15$47,999$8,869
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet25$52,653$8,914
Javon Bea HospitalRockford15$49,137$9,570
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange12$39,039$10,385

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.