US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$75,999typical hospital bill
$15,832typical amount paid
$12,179–$66,821range paid across 61 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $75,999 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville11$56,843$12,179
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin19$70,965$12,404
Memorial HospitalBelleville30$55,356$12,805
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights85$73,150$13,031
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur18$51,937$13,080
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington27$60,076$13,135
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights73$53,452$13,426
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island18$38,400$13,482
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon23$50,451$13,666
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove31$45,358$13,796
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange19$39,444$13,975
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan18$94,776$14,031
Herrin HospitalHerrin17$65,197$14,158
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee12$84,598$14,252
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee26$61,664$14,257
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park17$36,572$14,287
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb21$66,550$14,294
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates25$75,999$14,364
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox61$39,140$14,364
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville44$83,347$14,515
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village57$83,709$14,626
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet57$87,045$14,659
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal21$56,532$14,905
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale22$58,521$14,983
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon14$55,348$15,046
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale34$45,290$15,132
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry82$77,228$15,263
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey29$63,588$15,335
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford54$77,252$15,432
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park24$50,016$15,728
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora32$73,852$15,832
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest44$83,428$16,055
Blessing HospitalQuincy21$94,449$16,142
St Johns HospitalSpringfield69$83,640$16,431
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst41$79,745$16,507
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria33$63,218$16,539
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva40$66,719$16,636
Swedish HospitalChicago13$65,084$17,110
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston90$64,312$17,137
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago29$116,478$17,532
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington25$82,010$17,545
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield56$92,224$17,619
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon18$55,759$17,806
Javon Bea HospitalRockford59$89,029$18,053
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana77$97,341$18,573
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago39$66,938$19,158
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria96$103,361$19,780
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge107$86,779$19,795
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields13$82,081$21,161
Uw HealthRockford19$85,664$21,201
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield86$107,564$22,365
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn98$85,827$22,837
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago106$113,744$23,581
Edward HospitalNaperville55$84,926$26,142
Rush University Medical CenterChicago121$75,251$26,225
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago31$100,001$26,856
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston16$124,085$27,562
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood42$95,846$35,302
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago78$158,649$38,309
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago38$135,184$39,115
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago11$83,482$66,821

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.