US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Illinois

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$39,410typical hospital bill
$9,479typical amount paid
$7,935–$19,072range paid across 78 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,410 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
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington50$32,134$7,935
Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin15$40,451$8,304
Herrin HospitalHerrin22$30,542$8,322
Morris Hospital & Healthcare CentersMorris18$45,259$8,327
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox132$20,044$8,439
St Joseph Medical CenterBloomington23$38,938$8,493
Anderson HospitalMaryville47$33,160$8,499
Trinity Rock IslandRock Island13$18,883$8,510
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago30$33,926$8,542
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights103$34,791$8,544
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon32$35,131$8,585
Memorial HospitalBelleville62$36,904$8,588
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights114$24,085$8,606
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalDekalb17$39,526$8,677
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville105$40,765$8,736
Cgh Medical CenterSterling23$38,619$8,746
Osf Sacred Heart Medical CenterDanville19$44,242$8,781
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur65$30,517$8,783
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon36$38,366$8,794
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet58$56,526$8,824
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange46$28,465$8,854
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee19$62,913$8,923
Osf Saint Elizabeth Mdl CtrPeru30$29,016$8,947
Edward HospitalNaperville91$43,847$8,972
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park26$47,565$8,986
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal27$34,165$9,025
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village53$37,881$9,074
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst97$44,712$9,102
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry95$41,329$9,222
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford59$39,294$9,286
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park20$22,020$9,310
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth BolingbrookBolingbrook17$27,837$9,312
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva28$40,377$9,315
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale54$25,119$9,322
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaCentralia42$25,783$9,349
St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates51$44,679$9,361
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park38$32,835$9,383
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton29$33,970$9,387
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove59$37,234$9,421
Uw HealthRockford35$49,582$9,537
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin74$38,334$9,647
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon28$37,445$9,694
Blessing HospitalQuincy73$42,986$9,729
St Johns HospitalSpringfield33$40,802$9,736
Community First Medical CenterChicago13$48,693$9,749
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham38$26,205$9,859
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield54$44,343$9,862
Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora33$61,543$9,934
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey15$38,446$9,964
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee26$37,590$10,054
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest52$43,860$10,064
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana95$53,502$10,083
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora89$44,903$10,110
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston173$30,951$10,354
Swedish HospitalChicago38$35,143$10,407
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago69$58,249$10,436
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield44$42,506$10,708
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb18$25,431$11,010
Holy Cross HospitalChicago12$51,501$11,066
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria80$49,442$11,080
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterChicago20$67,206$11,176
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge128$47,856$11,219
St Marys HospitalDecatur17$35,006$11,421
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn48$39,646$11,977
Saint James HospitalPontiac12$25,259$11,987
St Mary Medical CenterGalesburg15$35,627$12,064
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago17$39,822$12,150
Javon Bea HospitalRockford21$45,501$12,175
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields21$36,875$12,437
Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago12$47,979$13,198
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria12$54,126$13,340
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago62$52,577$13,631
Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonEvanston38$64,947$13,678
Rush University Medical CenterChicago27$32,221$15,832
Macneal HospitalBerwyn19$64,173$15,898
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood33$58,733$17,736
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago23$81,278$18,080
University of Illinois Hospital and ClinicsChicago13$48,395$19,072

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.