US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Illinois

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$39,603typical hospital bill
$9,112typical amount paid
$6,879–$60,972range paid across 89 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,603 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
Carle Health Proctor HospitalPeoria24$37,210$6,879
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion21$52,677$7,310
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin19$38,151$7,392
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights102$35,357$7,540
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington75$33,967$7,662
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton24$31,678$7,667
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington45$40,312$7,680
Cgh Medical CenterSterling54$44,418$7,689
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park25$40,508$7,731
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village37$47,422$7,845
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights145$27,576$7,914
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur31$34,975$7,935
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon42$40,861$8,050
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan16$60,481$8,092
Genesis Hlth System Dba Genesis Mdl Ctr-IlliniSilvis13$23,072$8,110
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport17$34,253$8,114
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee18$80,539$8,118
St Marys HospitalDecatur18$39,603$8,159
Anderson HospitalMaryville49$35,034$8,164
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island38$24,643$8,168
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox84$21,582$8,179
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates42$40,562$8,206
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia29$30,139$8,245
Memorial HospitalBelleville80$40,728$8,259
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon29$31,290$8,342
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst89$45,192$8,355
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet41$51,759$8,445
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora37$42,018$8,492
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park32$28,545$8,511
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin12$58,862$8,537
Herrin HospitalHerrin41$34,405$8,613
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale34$40,548$8,617
Blessing HospitalQuincy95$51,435$8,623
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora15$52,820$8,674
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham64$28,705$8,676
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville11$33,467$8,686
St Johns HospitalSpringfield42$39,527$8,708
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange72$28,219$8,715
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon94$36,097$8,716
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove80$38,920$8,735
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield121$39,630$8,799
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale40$31,402$9,001
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon43$32,428$9,009
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest59$52,081$9,059
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford58$45,620$9,112
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru36$36,542$9,137
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton26$30,664$9,187
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry117$39,125$9,225
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville97$45,833$9,245
Edward HospitalNaperville85$32,881$9,387
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee40$33,312$9,439
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook27$25,880$9,543
Uw HealthRockford61$55,284$9,679
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris51$45,832$9,681
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb15$22,630$9,755
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey26$39,438$9,776
Harrisburg Medical CenterHarrisburg12$26,902$9,806
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana33$47,229$9,814
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston177$35,842$9,840
Swedish HospitalChicago32$35,048$10,003
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield131$49,248$10,016
Humboldt Park HealthChicago12$38,369$10,024
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago49$39,546$10,125
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb21$51,427$10,175
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago67$54,889$10,206
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva66$43,983$10,214
Saint James HospitalPontiac22$34,015$10,504
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago21$57,680$10,547
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg43$32,973$10,576
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin60$42,307$10,718
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria46$54,447$10,760
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago14$36,262$10,896
Macneal HospitalBerwyn15$48,653$10,932
Graham Hospital AssociationCanton16$24,584$10,952
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park47$42,742$11,282
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields48$48,021$11,659
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria125$47,500$11,801
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston21$52,070$11,929
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge141$54,022$11,993
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago19$38,871$12,128
Javon Bea HospitalRockford18$52,725$12,172
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn67$42,557$12,218
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago90$47,094$12,511
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago29$42,572$13,983
Rush University Medical CenterChicago44$35,523$14,879
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood47$55,312$17,318
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago21$52,321$17,388
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago34$81,858$19,408
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago14$28,932$60,972

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.