Heart Attack Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$51,343
gross charge · DRG 280
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$705 – $114,349
low to high
Data notes for Illinois
- The lowest published charge ($705 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 $705 - 2
Roseland Community Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $12,610Cash pay $87,388 - 3
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 4
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $35,002Cash pay $31,502 - 5
Lawrence County Memorial Hospital
Lawrenceville, IL
Gross charge $36,717 - 6Gross charge $46,340Cash pay $30,121
- 7
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $46,340Cash pay $30,121 - 8
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $51,438Cash pay $13,930 - 9
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $58,700Cash pay $35,220 - 10
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $58,829Cash pay $35,297 - 11
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $58,829Cash pay $35,297 - 12
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $58,829Cash pay $35,297 - 13
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $63,185Cash pay $41,070 - 14
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $63,185Cash pay $41,070 - 15
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $64,804 - 16
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $65,176Cash pay $32,588 - 17
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $71,710Cash pay $50,197 - 18
Vista Medical Center East
Waukegan, IL
Gross charge $114,349 - 19
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 25
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 28
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 29
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
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- 36
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 45
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 47
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 50
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 51
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge —
18 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for heart attack under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $705 to $114,349. The cheapest is Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $51,343.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in Illinois, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 280 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.