US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc in Illinois

MS-DRG 243: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with cc

$88,632typical hospital bill
$18,808typical amount paid
$15,225–$30,707range paid across 28 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $88,632 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 Heights26$62,093$15,225
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington18$70,298$16,018
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox16$50,642$16,129
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove24$84,860$16,144
Edward HospitalNaperville30$115,423$16,177
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville22$85,803$16,633
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights25$90,461$16,680
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon25$85,699$16,982
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin18$71,832$17,243
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee14$91,187$17,923
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva17$104,840$18,241
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana14$102,722$18,291
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry23$76,670$18,308
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield25$131,992$18,681
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria14$109,466$18,934
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston31$78,363$19,404
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago12$127,162$19,868
St Johns HospitalSpringfield43$91,375$20,258
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn14$67,797$20,525
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford14$117,500$20,554
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington13$66,824$20,929
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale11$89,136$22,227
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago28$113,980$23,039
Swedish HospitalChicago12$84,651$24,914
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood12$88,128$26,991
Rush University Medical CenterChicago14$78,966$27,328
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest16$114,702$27,517
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria27$134,650$30,707

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.