US Health Care Costs

Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue O.r. Procedures with Cc in Illinois

MS-DRG 516: Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue o.r. procedures with cc

$84,670typical hospital bill
$17,544typical amount paid
$13,601–$29,819range paid across 23 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $84,670 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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 Heights22$72,175$13,601
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington18$70,351$14,150
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet14$102,527$15,029
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield17$94,017$15,084
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village14$84,149$15,294
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield22$96,859$15,770
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange16$56,516$15,859
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale16$66,758$16,142
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva12$100,789$16,279
Memorial HospitalBelleville14$97,381$17,050
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst14$92,881$17,261
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston53$58,688$17,544
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove31$90,326$18,045
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox25$56,069$18,243
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville18$84,670$18,825
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora23$82,870$20,935
St Johns HospitalSpringfield13$93,262$21,384
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn11$74,295$21,601
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago15$114,468$22,015
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana15$132,591$25,011
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood12$83,431$25,426
Rush University Medical CenterChicago31$75,398$26,837
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb11$84,762$29,819

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.