Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Data notes for Illinois
- The lowest published charge ($937 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 $937 - 2
Gateway Regional Medical Center
Granite City, IL
Gross charge $13,887 - 3
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $53,208Cash pay $26,604 - 4
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $54,604Cash pay $49,144 - 5
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $55,442Cash pay $33,265 - 6
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $58,965Cash pay $38,327 - 7
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $63,301Cash pay $37,980 - 8
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $63,301Cash pay $37,980 - 9
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $63,301Cash pay $37,980 - 10Gross charge $65,174Cash pay $42,363
- 11
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $65,174Cash pay $42,363 - 12
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $69,018Cash pay $34,509 - 13
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $69,177 - 14
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $81,275Cash pay $52,829 - 15
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $81,275Cash pay $52,829 - 16
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $88,402Cash pay $23,939 - 17
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $95,608Cash pay $66,926 - 18
Vista Medical Center East
Waukegan, IL
Gross charge $146,981 - 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
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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
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- 32
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
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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
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18 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for hip & knee replacement under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $937 to $146,981. The cheapest is Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $66,057.
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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement 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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.