Pneumonia Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia 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:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, 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 weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
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:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Data notes for Illinois
- The lowest published charge ($815 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 $815 - 2
Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis, IL
Gross charge $3,476Cash pay $2,434 - 3
Hillsboro Area Hospital
Hillsboro, IL
Gross charge $12,478Cash pay $9,982 - 4
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $16,633Cash pay $14,970 - 5
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $20,542Cash pay $10,271 - 6
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville, IL
Gross charge $20,557 - 7Gross charge $24,928Cash pay $16,203
- 8
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $24,928Cash pay $16,203 - 9
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $26,038Cash pay $15,623 - 10
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $28,365 - 11
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $29,324Cash pay $17,594 - 12
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $29,324Cash pay $17,594 - 13
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $29,324Cash pay $17,594 - 14
SBL Fayette County Hospital
Vandalia, IL
Gross charge $30,421 - 15
Roseland Community Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $32,565Cash pay $225,673 - 16
Warner Hospital & Health Services
Clinton, IL
Gross charge $32,567 - 17
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 18
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $36,117Cash pay $25,282 - 19
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $36,382Cash pay $23,648 - 20
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $36,382Cash pay $23,648 - 21
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $36,766Cash pay $9,956 - 22
Vista Medical Center East
Waukegan, IL
Gross charge $62,046 - 23
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
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Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 29
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 31
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
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- 40
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 49
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 51
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 54
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 58
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
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22 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for pneumonia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $815 to $62,046. The cheapest is Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $27,466.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.