Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 552
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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $9,373 per stay at 1,284 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $7,503 and $10,232.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $9,373
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $7,503–$10,232
- Medicare’s share
- $7,114
- Average billed charge
- $50,120
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,284
Hospitals in Illinois
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 62 hospitals
- $9,297
- Median hospital
- $8,376
- Lowest to highest
- $6,827–$61,769
- Medicare stays
- 2,172
62 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carle Bromenn Medical Center | 17 | $6,827 | 27% below the national average | $5,074 | $31,228 |
| Palos Community Hospital | 68 | $6,884 | 27% below the national average | $5,033 | $32,601 |
| Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center | 24 | $7,000 | 25% below the national average | $5,572 | $32,691 |
| Herrin Hospital | 16 | $7,067 | 25% below the national average | $5,639 | $29,731 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 18 | $7,156 | 24% below the national average | $5,695 | $32,603 |
| Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers | 11 | $7,169 | 24% below the national average | $5,083 | $43,768 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | 23 | $7,293 | 22% below the national average | $6,158 | $37,824 |
| HSHS St Elizabeth's Hospital | 13 | $7,360 | 21% below the national average | $5,969 | $31,988 |
| Anderson Hospital | 22 | $7,363 | 21% below the national average | $6,291 | $34,931 |
| Edward Hospital | 36 | $7,396 | 21% below the national average | $5,024 | $33,817 |
| Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital | 64 | $7,399 | 21% below the national average | $5,128 | $27,094 |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 | 97 | $7,418 | 21% below the national average | $5,585 | $23,948 |
| OSF Little Company Of Mary Medical Center | 13 | $7,443 | 21% below the national average | $5,920 | $43,403 |
| Saint Joseph Medical Center | 28 | $7,475 | 20% below the national average | $6,080 | $48,537 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | 60 | $7,523 | 20% below the national average | $5,522 | $34,213 |
| Memorial Hospital | 22 | $7,537 | 20% below the national average | $5,370 | $39,189 |
| Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | 14 | $7,641 | 18% below the national average | $6,340 | $35,738 |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook | 11 | $7,747 | 17% below the national average | $6,412 | $33,339 |
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 | 45 | $7,769 | 17% below the national average | $6,006 | $39,149 |
| St Alexius Medical Center | 43 | $7,771 | 17% below the national average | $6,451 | $34,869 |
| St Johns Hospital | 35 | $7,875 | 16% below the national average | $6,270 | $43,887 |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale | 29 | $7,875 | 16% below the national average | $6,235 | $28,659 |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange | 46 | $7,917 | 16% below the national average | $5,700 | $26,106 |
| Blessing Hospital | 24 | $7,942 | 15% below the national average | $6,204 | $43,647 |
| Alton Memorial Hospital | 14 | $7,956 | 15% below the national average | $6,348 | $29,837 |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | 11 | $7,990 | 15% below the national average | $5,507 | $32,574 |
| Silver Cross Hospital And Medical Centers | 57 | $8,053 | 14% below the national average | $5,449 | $21,532 |
| Community First Medical Center | 14 | $8,229 | 12% below the national average | $6,897 | $32,935 |
| Uw Health | 16 | $8,342 | 11% below the national average | $6,792 | $55,102 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 33 | $8,351 | 11% below the national average | $6,396 | $46,867 |
| Saint Anthony Medical Center | 29 | $8,374 | 11% below the national average | $5,966 | $39,778 |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital | 11 | $8,378 | 11% below the national average | $7,196 | $44,019 |
| Northwestern Medicine MCHenry | 58 | $8,383 | 11% below the national average | $6,079 | $42,315 |
| Elmhurst Memorial Hospital | 49 | $8,460 | About average | $5,950 | $50,036 |
| Carle Foundation Hospital | 83 | $8,482 | About average | $6,668 | $51,171 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | 52 | $8,517 | About average | $6,142 | $35,633 |
| Presence Mercy Medical Center | 13 | $8,586 | About average | $7,080 | $59,530 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital | 73 | $8,596 | About average | $6,639 | $47,496 |
| Rush Oak Park Hospital | 12 | $8,659 | About average | $5,863 | $29,479 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital | 20 | $8,711 | About average | $6,386 | $46,715 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | 69 | $8,788 | About average | $5,791 | $44,342 |
| Carle Health Methodist Hospital | 20 | $8,989 | About average | $6,108 | $40,107 |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston Hospital | 105 | $8,991 | About average | $6,802 | $31,923 |
| Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center | 42 | $9,025 | About average | $7,432 | $48,944 |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | 80 | $9,312 | About average | $7,520 | $41,119 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center | 100 | $9,450 | About average | $6,902 | $47,521 |
| Swedish Hospital | 13 | $9,498 | About average | $7,420 | $41,548 |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital | 35 | $10,364 | 11% above the national average | $6,312 | $40,835 |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago | 14 | $10,390 | 11% above the national average | $7,656 | $36,349 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | 38 | $10,554 | 13% above the national average | $7,745 | $43,737 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7,959 | $40K |
| 2021 | $8,469 | $42K |
| 2022 | $8,599 | $46K |
| 2023 | $9,001 | $47K |
| 2024 | $9,373 | $50K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 15 | 261 | $7,198 | $6,678–$7,444 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 276 | $7,405 | $6,803–$7,590 |
| Iowa | 15 | 446 | $7,532 | $6,781–$7,579 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 492 | $7,648 | $6,929–$8,342 |
| Louisiana | 13 | 336 | $7,658 | $6,700–$8,419 |
| Montana | 7 | 116 | $7,819 | $7,463–$8,038 |
| Kansas | 12 | 567 | $7,955 | $6,873–$8,028 |
| Missouri | 29 | 1,091 | $8,204 | $6,742–$8,237 |
| Ohio | 57 | 1,814 | $8,251 | $6,870–$8,914 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 300 | $8,257 | $7,136–$8,707 |
| Florida | 116 | 4,956 | $8,304 | $7,218–$8,890 |
| Indiana | 28 | 897 | $8,318 | $7,290–$8,346 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 338 | $8,356 | $7,349–$8,414 |
| Colorado | 20 | 466 | $8,431 | $7,705–$8,631 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 142 | $8,473 | $7,531–$8,811 |
| Virginia | 31 | 1,194 | $8,487 | $7,330–$8,464 |
| South Carolina | 24 | 662 | $8,491 | $7,159–$9,243 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 295 | $8,537 | $7,584–$8,830 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | 2,748 | $8,592 | $7,084–$9,175 |
| Alabama | 19 | 509 | $8,643 | $6,976–$8,231 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 322 | $8,645 | $7,478–$9,172 |
| Michigan | 42 | 1,528 | $8,667 | $7,911–$9,393 |
| Vermont | 1 | 31 | $8,707 | $8,707–$8,707 |
| Arizona | 22 | 739 | $8,733 | $7,413–$9,673 |
| Maine | 3 | 77 | $8,744 | $8,167–$8,915 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 484 | $8,798 | $7,216–$8,732 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 694 | $8,895 | $7,403–$8,898 |
| Tennessee | 26 | 808 | $8,900 | $7,224–$8,825 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 81 | $8,952 | $7,482–$10,259 |
| Idaho | 4 | 103 | $8,953 | $8,893–$9,256 |
| Texas | 83 | 2,642 | $8,978 | $7,716–$9,435 |
| Utah | 8 | 208 | $9,079 | $7,160–$9,467 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 139 | $9,101 | $8,076–$9,558 |
| North Carolina | 28 | 943 | $9,102 | $7,366–$9,191 |
| Delaware | 3 | 218 | $9,137 | $8,735–$10,572 |
| Washington | 23 | 508 | $9,217 | $8,203–$9,655 |
| Illinois | 62 | 2,172 | $9,297 | $7,563–$9,486 |
| Nevada | 13 | 468 | $9,378 | $8,495–$9,931 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | 1,673 | $9,466 | $7,936–$10,530 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 83 | $9,631 | $8,335–$10,319 |
| Alaska | 2 | 54 | $9,673 | $9,059–$10,063 |
| New Jersey | 48 | 1,949 | $9,831 | $8,208–$10,725 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 38 | $9,868 | $9,383–$10,184 |
| Oregon | 10 | 243 | $10,385 | $9,789–$11,180 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 106 | $10,417 | $10,203–$12,526 |
| Georgia | 34 | 1,003 | $10,614 | $7,765–$10,284 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 412 | $10,795 | $9,404–$10,640 |
| California | 126 | 4,008 | $11,463 | $9,954–$12,124 |
| New York | 72 | 3,118 | $12,009 | $9,136–$13,026 |
| Maryland | 30 | 1,161 | $12,869 | $10,118–$15,578 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 62 | $12,935 | $12,011–$15,135 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.