US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Illinois

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$30,805typical hospital bill
$7,036typical amount paid
$5,527–$14,131range paid across 90 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,805 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Heartland Regional Medical CenterMarion13$56,180$5,527
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights126$28,476$5,563
Herrin HospitalHerrin38$21,983$5,786
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington96$23,236$5,832
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale17$22,983$5,838
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin23$28,256$5,855
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington17$34,800$5,895
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon65$25,839$5,935
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon28$24,702$6,033
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights144$18,608$6,051
Cgh Medical CenterSterling31$34,654$6,064
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove70$28,840$6,092
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal37$27,818$6,122
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox134$16,159$6,157
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island25$17,983$6,179
St Marys HospitalDecatur15$34,804$6,180
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton17$19,901$6,201
Anderson HospitalMaryville78$30,218$6,209
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee14$45,972$6,240
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris25$39,134$6,252
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange40$23,173$6,267
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet61$42,107$6,272
Memorial HospitalBelleville59$31,263$6,325
Edward HospitalNaperville132$29,706$6,358
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb26$41,678$6,383
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur67$23,484$6,499
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park27$36,837$6,523
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru27$25,204$6,525
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville114$34,451$6,526
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights12$20,986$6,595
Fhn Memorial HospitalFreeport33$27,236$6,618
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia34$22,296$6,682
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village57$30,073$6,693
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan28$49,224$6,697
Blessing HospitalQuincy79$33,940$6,707
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates50$34,105$6,711
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park36$20,863$6,730
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook22$23,712$6,740
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry92$36,185$6,771
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham29$23,548$6,812
Osf Saint Katharine Medical CenterDixon15$27,946$6,928
St Johns HospitalSpringfield34$29,655$6,940
Community First Medical CenterChicago27$33,742$6,953
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora86$33,400$6,959
Carle Richland Memorial HospitalOlney18$28,097$7,030
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago31$27,223$7,042
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield92$32,324$7,065
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale42$20,934$7,091
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin81$30,585$7,116
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park32$29,566$7,142
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton34$26,004$7,239
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford48$31,184$7,244
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst109$36,572$7,250
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest50$35,296$7,385
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora16$61,855$7,387
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria27$33,704$7,508
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston220$26,520$7,546
Javon Bea HospitalRockford18$42,781$7,704
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago53$42,499$7,787
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee45$29,693$7,854
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana94$37,591$7,892
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb20$19,321$7,961
Swedish HospitalChicago40$26,788$8,050
Harrisburg Medical CenterHarrisburg13$25,619$8,093
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon32$31,025$8,114
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria78$34,693$8,120
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville15$31,191$8,227
Thorek Memorial HospitalChicago17$23,655$8,307
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg35$25,355$8,320
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge112$34,089$8,550
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago26$46,921$8,598
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield66$38,393$8,645
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey25$31,117$8,895
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn74$28,217$8,944
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago16$28,313$8,951
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park14$38,329$8,974
Uw HealthRockford24$42,857$9,116
Macneal HospitalBerwyn39$45,695$9,203
Graham Hospital AssociationCanton17$19,082$9,209
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields35$32,666$9,218
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago80$35,427$9,393
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago11$42,103$9,620
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston18$50,136$9,707
Humboldt Park HealthChicago15$24,310$10,004
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva32$34,895$10,203
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago19$42,273$10,759
Rush University Medical CenterChicago33$26,193$11,454
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood35$36,024$11,724
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago60$56,829$12,725
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago32$35,716$14,131

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.