US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$68,035typical hospital bill
$16,317typical amount paid
$12,827–$77,715range paid across 107 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $68,035 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 HospitalPeoria101$54,117$12,827
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion134$101,808$13,149
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin62$51,954$13,427
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon218$51,965$13,768
Anderson HospitalMaryville145$56,317$13,806
Genesis Hlth System Dba Genesis Mdl Ctr-IlliniSilvis68$33,819$13,819
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington378$53,602$14,097
St Marys HospitalDecatur92$56,815$14,169
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet226$93,686$14,216
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights559$63,604$14,279
Memorial HospitalBelleville399$64,765$14,351
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris223$69,909$14,371
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee108$106,158$14,377
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton111$43,882$14,470
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon136$54,999$14,487
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove380$68,032$14,565
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights632$44,755$14,590
St Josephs HospitalBreese53$31,914$14,666
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox388$35,072$14,669
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal124$49,866$14,700
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton119$53,451$14,706
HSHS Holy Family Hospital IncGreenville16$26,973$14,780
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin110$84,562$14,830
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville93$56,643$14,843
Cgh Medical CenterSterling139$60,232$14,906
Herrin HospitalHerrin190$55,012$14,918
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island203$41,647$14,939
Gateway Regional Medical CenterGranite City40$126,579$15,041
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur192$59,569$15,080
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan119$108,281$15,138
Community First Medical CenterChicago54$67,964$15,174
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb215$74,893$15,307
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park161$44,801$15,307
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale201$63,096$15,336
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon58$58,906$15,355
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru152$50,336$15,394
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange305$48,208$15,404
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon297$63,231$15,528
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora173$93,770$15,558
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park103$79,322$15,569
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville562$81,149$15,571
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst324$73,413$15,601
Edward HospitalNaperville374$78,479$15,691
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington229$70,456$15,693
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia181$38,789$15,798
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village302$81,812$15,800
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee189$48,877$15,840
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport65$54,741$15,845
Deaconess Illinois CrossroadsMount Vernon20$46,233$15,909
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry621$71,758$16,141
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva405$77,588$16,170
St Johns HospitalSpringfield316$82,368$16,232
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook157$48,494$16,293
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates274$78,533$16,317
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale253$48,028$16,366
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin318$76,479$16,411
Carle Richland Memorial HospitalOlney20$35,236$16,484
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana282$97,235$16,492
Blessing HospitalQuincy401$88,333$16,505
Jersey Community HospitalJerseyville19$30,117$16,572
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield517$97,984$16,749
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park285$65,335$16,972
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield358$72,916$16,976
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights92$55,610$17,002
South Shore HospitalChicago17$88,528$17,120
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston950$64,673$17,141
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago454$100,033$17,353
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford421$77,441$17,467
Harrisburg Medical CenterHarrisburg53$30,542$17,496
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago306$66,771$17,509
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham193$38,961$17,731
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey107$76,778$17,769
Swedish HospitalChicago260$58,855$17,856
Holy Cross HospitalChicago38$74,894$17,947
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria258$91,632$18,007
Humboldt Park HealthChicago70$65,553$18,056
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago113$99,007$18,245
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest335$96,389$18,443
Midwestern Region Med Center, IncZion20$105,276$18,558
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park88$87,244$19,053
Uw HealthRockford376$100,191$19,103
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora204$68,035$19,110
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb56$37,928$19,462
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago63$80,057$19,833
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoChicago77$68,564$19,938
Osf Heart of Mary Medical CenterUrbana50$68,266$19,952
Javon Bea HospitalRockford110$89,408$20,002
Graham Hospital AssociationCanton71$46,138$20,076
Saint James HospitalPontiac85$48,086$20,130
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg192$55,139$20,470
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge819$85,600$20,874
Saint Anthony HospitalChicago22$62,129$20,915
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston269$92,078$21,089
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria643$100,767$21,291
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields244$72,707$21,465
St Bernard HospitalChicago28$46,644$21,948
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago126$71,319$22,623
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn593$84,873$23,032
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago142$84,336$23,895
Macneal HospitalBerwyn87$112,058$24,736
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago59$70,759$25,050
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago466$123,617$26,301
Rush University Medical CenterChicago221$73,075$27,825
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood160$100,457$30,852
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago183$160,065$31,700
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago97$105,189$39,460
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago54$63,233$77,715

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.