US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$48,072typical hospital bill
$11,175typical amount paid
$8,908–$58,655range paid across 102 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,072 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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 Heights120$44,020$8,908
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria19$62,399$9,174
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion22$65,485$9,263
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin18$35,715$9,392
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon45$41,590$9,548
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington43$46,683$9,589
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox133$23,293$9,663
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington105$44,035$9,801
Cgh Medical CenterSterling45$52,432$9,806
Anderson HospitalMaryville82$45,549$9,807
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet71$60,881$9,819
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island67$31,280$9,859
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon87$39,216$9,925
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal42$35,513$9,993
Genesis Hlth System Dba Genesis Mdl Ctr-IlliniSilvis13$23,975$10,014
Osf Heart of Mary Medical CenterUrbana24$60,100$10,069
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton30$31,365$10,084
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook37$34,108$10,096
Memorial HospitalBelleville114$51,181$10,112
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan41$81,834$10,124
Herrin HospitalHerrin82$33,225$10,136
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon41$45,318$10,146
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights162$31,623$10,154
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange62$38,108$10,175
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park35$54,304$10,217
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park22$23,744$10,286
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee45$89,504$10,311
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee70$32,350$10,374
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale59$42,152$10,376
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport24$43,184$10,449
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur72$40,673$10,454
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon35$41,656$10,489
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst116$51,361$10,541
Gateway Regional Medical CenterGranite City16$103,318$10,595
St Marys HospitalDecatur27$42,693$10,610
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin39$70,410$10,642
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora135$43,952$10,651
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru23$38,168$10,791
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale50$34,143$10,824
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris34$59,155$10,867
Community First Medical CenterChicago17$48,557$10,870
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates74$53,310$10,878
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia68$26,585$10,887
Uw HealthRockford143$62,122$10,926
Blessing HospitalQuincy112$57,476$11,004
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin111$51,299$11,063
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb25$58,315$11,085
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park63$37,906$11,106
Deaconess Illinois CrossroadsMount Vernon13$46,668$11,114
St Josephs HospitalBreese28$30,662$11,147
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey28$41,739$11,171
Roseland Community HospitalChicago14$53,920$11,179
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago35$45,360$11,232
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton55$50,313$11,268
Carle Richland Memorial HospitalOlney16$40,075$11,301
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora39$70,942$11,317
HSHS Holy Family Hospital IncGreenville16$24,655$11,389
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana87$66,088$11,406
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield118$48,107$11,421
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham71$30,440$11,496
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove98$54,126$11,574
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village82$50,568$11,639
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago18$71,338$11,660
Holy Cross HospitalChicago22$59,223$11,693
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria23$63,489$11,720
Harrisburg Medical CenterHarrisburg18$23,936$11,785
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston176$43,491$11,822
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville135$63,715$11,875
St Johns HospitalSpringfield115$53,040$12,110
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield42$64,298$12,342
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford55$50,201$12,347
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville52$54,155$12,392
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb33$28,944$12,448
Edward HospitalNaperville151$54,894$12,686
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva29$46,643$12,752
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago17$50,427$12,977
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge135$58,279$13,179
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry95$48,582$13,289
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park18$48,038$13,311
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago93$70,378$13,351
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria81$62,344$13,358
Swedish HospitalChicago38$40,279$13,456
Saint James HospitalPontiac18$31,370$13,487
Graham Hospital AssociationCanton11$25,859$13,573
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg33$33,721$13,630
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights31$36,026$13,843
Macneal HospitalBerwyn24$52,928$14,118
Javon Bea HospitalRockford32$56,137$14,125
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago22$55,579$14,283
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoChicago11$56,159$14,603
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn80$47,454$14,784
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest19$58,471$14,884
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields63$48,495$14,965
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago15$43,308$15,202
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston49$73,862$15,601
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago28$50,131$16,480
Rush University Medical CenterChicago55$33,587$17,648
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago13$45,859$17,843
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago18$50,877$20,367
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago68$93,862$21,062
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood41$77,730$34,165
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago11$34,786$58,655

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.