US Health Care Costs

Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) in Illinois

MS-DRG 208: Respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support <=96 hours

$104,349typical hospital bill
$22,181typical amount paid
$18,046–$50,300range paid across 43 hospitals

Illinois hospitals billed Medicare a typical $104,349 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterMount Vernon24$56,623$18,046
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMelrose Park11$90,622$18,092
Memorial HospitalBelleville21$76,868$18,427
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville22$98,539$19,233
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights27$58,266$19,475
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove19$92,825$19,621
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon16$76,036$19,739
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet17$121,706$20,159
Community First Medical CenterChicago12$101,114$20,270
Edward HospitalNaperville17$135,400$20,432
Riverside Medical CenterKankakee14$53,141$20,433
Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleCarbondale17$69,141$20,441
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford23$117,700$20,457
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur15$82,167$20,497
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago24$74,464$20,787
Osf Little Company of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park12$122,366$20,915
Uw HealthRockford15$149,141$21,964
Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry36$117,331$22,089
Blessing HospitalQuincy26$143,769$22,132
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village15$129,296$22,136
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersNew Lenox12$39,769$22,169
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights26$104,349$22,181
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield20$120,212$22,313
Copley Memorial HospitalAurora14$91,199$22,386
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva14$98,123$22,621
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana35$122,025$22,823
Holy Cross HospitalChicago11$103,131$23,254
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston25$80,954$23,310
St Johns HospitalSpringfield31$93,573$23,470
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria24$101,734$23,975
Swedish HospitalChicago23$90,597$24,729
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge23$113,743$26,128
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield29$115,521$26,605
Javon Bea HospitalRockford16$151,398$26,750
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsOlympia Fields23$105,047$29,298
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst19$106,051$29,549
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn35$109,576$31,139
Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterChicago22$152,967$31,699
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria43$156,817$33,424
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago29$168,643$34,521
Rush University Medical CenterChicago23$88,258$34,803
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood17$113,348$47,907
The University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago41$216,114$50,300

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.