Cellulitis Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$24,277
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$648 – $62,839
low to high
Data notes for Illinois
- The lowest published charge ($648 at Thorek Memorial Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Thorek Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $648 - 2
Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis, IL
Gross charge $2,098Cash pay $1,468 - 3
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $4,851Cash pay $4,366 - 4
Hillsboro Area Hospital
Hillsboro, IL
Gross charge $5,276Cash pay $4,221 - 5
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville, IL
Gross charge $11,850 - 6
SBL Fayette County Hospital
Vandalia, IL
Gross charge $19,116 - 7
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $21,508Cash pay $12,905 - 8Gross charge $23,017Cash pay $14,961
- 9
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $23,017Cash pay $14,961 - 10
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $23,134Cash pay $11,567 - 11
Touchette Regional Hospital Inc
Centreville, IL
Gross charge $23,231Cash pay $14,403 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 13
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $24,712 - 14
Roseland Community Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $26,272Cash pay $182,063 - 15
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $26,560Cash pay $18,592 - 16
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $26,989Cash pay $16,193 - 17
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $26,989Cash pay $16,193 - 18
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $26,989Cash pay $16,193 - 19
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $28,155Cash pay $7,624 - 20
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $31,789Cash pay $20,663 - 21
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $31,789Cash pay $20,663 - 22
Warner Hospital & Health Services
Clinton, IL
Gross charge $32,207 - 23
Vista Medical Center East
Waukegan, IL
Gross charge $55,074 - 24
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $62,839Cash pay $31,419 - 25
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 28
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
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Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 31
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 35
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
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St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
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- 42
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 51
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 53
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 56
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 58
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 59
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 60
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge —
24 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $648 to $62,839. The cheapest is Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago; the most expensive is Community First Medical Center in Chicago. The state average sits at $24,277.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists cellulitis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cellulitis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Illinois hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.