Vaginal Delivery Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Vaginal delivery without sterilization, dilatation, or curettage — the most common inpatient procedure in the United States.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for vaginal delivery. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–2 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Labor and delivery room
- Nursing and routine medications during labor and recovery
- Postpartum mother and baby room
- Routine newborn care (Apgar, vitamin K, eye prophylaxis, hearing screen)
- Standard lab work for mother and baby
Usually billed separately
- Obstetrician, midwife, and any anesthesiologist (epidural) professional fees
- Neonatologist or pediatrician fees
- Lactation consultant (sometimes included, sometimes not)
- Postpartum follow-up visits
- Circumcision (often a separate facility fee)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does vaginal delivery 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:
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication during labor, nursing responsiveness, and discharge planning shape the whole birth experience.
Birthing-Friendly Hospital designation
CMS marks hospitals committed to evidence-based maternal care and support of physiologic birth.
C-Section Rate (NTSV)
For low-risk first-time mothers, an unusually high C-section rate may signal a hospital quick to escalate to surgical delivery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For vaginal delivery, 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 high-risk pregnancies (multiples, prior C-section, preeclampsia, diabetes), a hospital with a Level III or IV NICU is generally the safer setting regardless of price.
- For a specific birth plan (water birth, midwife-led, doula support), matching the hospital's protocols and amenities is usually more important than the price gap.
- When an obstetrician only delivers at certain hospitals, provider continuity usually matters more than 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:
- Are both my obstetrician and the anesthesiologist (if I want an epidural) in-network?
- Is the pediatrician/neonatologist who will see my baby in-network?
- Is there a separate facility fee for the labor room versus the postpartum room?
- Does this estimate include a lactation consultant visit?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $10,052Cash pay $2,722 - 2
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $10,333Cash pay $6,716 - 3
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 4
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 5
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 6Gross charge $19,163Cash pay $12,456
- 7
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $19,163Cash pay $12,456 - 8
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $19,763Cash pay $12,846 - 9
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $19,763Cash pay $12,846 - 10
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $20,878Cash pay $10,439 - 11
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $32,528Cash pay $22,770 - 12
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 13
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 14
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 15
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 18
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
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- 29
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 31
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 35
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 40
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 43
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Deaconess Illinois Union County
Anna, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
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11 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for vaginal delivery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,052 to $32,528. The cheapest is Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers in Morris; the most expensive is University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics in Chicago. The state average sits at $17,080.
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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery in Illinois, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 807 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.