US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 194: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with cc

$32,989typical hospital bill
$6,998typical amount paid
$5,686–$15,245range paid across 67 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,989 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington23$22,930$5,686
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove26$35,144$6,031
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon26$29,442$6,165
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island20$21,415$6,187
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights63$28,906$6,188
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon19$31,063$6,202
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights64$23,095$6,295
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris17$40,998$6,317
Anderson HospitalMaryville58$38,099$6,350
St Marys HospitalDecatur18$34,308$6,373
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal14$27,105$6,417
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park11$40,011$6,546
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur58$25,086$6,578
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee11$52,198$6,618
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin26$35,620$6,642
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange22$23,092$6,645
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia16$27,309$6,669
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village30$36,164$6,718
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport48$28,304$6,745
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva13$36,880$6,767
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale13$19,802$6,769
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox39$16,063$6,809
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford16$35,773$6,817
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee26$29,043$6,817
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates20$31,457$6,822
Blessing HospitalQuincy58$38,542$6,830
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru14$25,574$6,864
Community First Medical CenterChicago13$43,605$6,895
Thorek Memorial HospitalChicago11$29,931$6,896
Edward HospitalNaperville78$31,555$6,931
Memorial HospitalBelleville40$38,406$6,941
Uw HealthRockford12$40,554$6,945
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon55$29,873$6,971
Jersey Community HospitalJerseyville13$21,352$6,998
Herrin HospitalHerrin23$30,050$7,074
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst31$33,181$7,086
St Johns HospitalSpringfield20$32,299$7,104
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago14$48,386$7,124
Cgh Medical CenterSterling28$32,644$7,270
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale14$25,652$7,283
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park16$25,588$7,292
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest15$41,321$7,305
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield83$39,726$7,315
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago15$31,502$7,324
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana16$35,643$7,364
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton18$28,586$7,398
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham15$34,746$7,553
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston149$28,151$7,744
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry68$36,395$7,744
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville37$43,406$8,096
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge38$36,233$8,189
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria38$26,883$8,313
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn27$30,600$8,371
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg15$32,989$8,421
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago17$35,027$8,949
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet22$39,769$9,325
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington16$28,261$9,430
Macneal HospitalBerwyn22$36,285$9,520
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield30$42,366$9,565
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields18$38,774$9,729
Javon Bea HospitalRockford14$37,030$9,775
Rush University Medical CenterChicago24$22,665$10,902
Swedish HospitalChicago13$25,890$12,159
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora33$42,051$13,042
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood26$47,693$13,463
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago40$53,768$13,693
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago14$39,178$15,245

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.