Appendectomy Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually because of appendicitis, an inflamed or ruptured appendix. The stay includes the operation, antibiotics, and recovery.
State average
$67,292
gross charge · DRG 397
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$26,783 – $106,883
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $26,783Cash pay $13,391 - 2
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $48,960Cash pay $13,258 - 3
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $58,339 - 4
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $61,356Cash pay $39,882 - 5Gross charge $61,356Cash pay $39,882
- 6
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $61,511Cash pay $43,058 - 7
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $64,931Cash pay $38,959 - 8
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $64,931Cash pay $38,959 - 9
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $64,931Cash pay $38,959 - 10
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $64,931Cash pay $38,959 - 11
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $66,093Cash pay $42,961 - 12
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $66,093Cash pay $42,961 - 13
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $85,391Cash pay $42,695 - 14
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $106,883Cash pay $53,441 - 15
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $106,883Cash pay $53,441 - 16
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 17
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 18
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 19
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
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- 21
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 22
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 28
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 31
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross 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
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 44
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, 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
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Lincoln, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Taylorville Memorial Hospital
Taylorville, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 59
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 60
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, IL
Gross charge — - 61
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 62
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge — - 63
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge —
15 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for appendectomy under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $26,783 to $106,883. The cheapest is Community First Medical Center in Chicago; the most expensive is Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The state average sits at $67,292.
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 appendectomy 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 appendectomy 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 appendectomy in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 397 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.