US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Illinois

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$47,377typical hospital bill
$8,823typical amount paid
$7,290–$22,374range paid across 70 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,377 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington23$41,064$7,290
St Marys HospitalDecatur12$45,295$7,495
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights104$34,464$7,524
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville47$54,389$7,604
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island31$27,399$7,607
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon32$32,609$7,614
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal23$38,934$7,619
Anderson HospitalMaryville14$44,882$7,623
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur59$36,007$7,748
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry67$54,349$7,912
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange28$39,984$7,945
Edward HospitalNaperville69$54,101$7,955
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris16$53,896$8,008
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox76$27,833$8,013
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb26$53,216$8,015
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village45$47,413$8,023
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon28$39,990$8,055
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee15$72,498$8,060
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington36$45,150$8,127
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook17$35,396$8,138
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan12$65,908$8,174
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin11$72,660$8,209
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton20$44,485$8,236
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park15$29,753$8,276
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora37$39,894$8,308
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva38$50,880$8,371
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights72$47,449$8,406
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale27$40,362$8,438
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago35$46,738$8,509
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield108$43,676$8,515
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham14$27,771$8,550
St Johns HospitalSpringfield81$45,762$8,570
Uw HealthRockford22$66,607$8,694
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin31$49,104$8,763
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana69$55,131$8,763
Herrin HospitalHerrin35$42,017$8,883
Memorial HospitalBelleville47$43,458$8,885
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove34$35,330$8,921
Blessing HospitalQuincy64$46,500$8,974
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee29$40,892$9,093
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria43$57,741$9,255
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield96$72,014$9,281
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet44$75,419$9,556
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest33$57,756$9,604
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey32$45,100$9,659
Javon Bea HospitalRockford43$43,624$9,863
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon41$44,866$9,891
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago14$59,089$10,000
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park25$42,464$10,156
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale30$47,341$10,206
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg19$36,475$10,431
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst56$49,662$10,457
Macneal HospitalBerwyn18$61,267$10,662
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park12$58,459$10,685
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston126$48,287$10,841
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates21$58,121$11,109
Swedish HospitalChicago26$45,291$11,275
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn70$41,460$11,293
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford54$41,243$11,496
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago34$62,221$11,579
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria119$57,542$11,662
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge91$57,319$11,801
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago77$63,443$12,847
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood36$56,832$15,063
Rush University Medical CenterChicago57$48,442$15,170
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago14$62,513$16,134
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields22$49,756$17,992
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago18$79,196$18,259
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago46$96,280$21,527
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago11$50,531$22,374

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.