Appendix Removal Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
State average
$52,072
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$26,056 – $214,320
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $26,056 - 2
Touchette Regional Hospital Inc
Centreville, IL
Gross charge $29,559Cash pay $18,326 - 3
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $35,524Cash pay $21,315 - 4
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $35,524Cash pay $21,315 - 5
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $35,524Cash pay $21,315 - 6
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville, IL
Gross charge $38,061 - 7
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $43,173Cash pay $25,904 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 9
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $44,489Cash pay $40,040 - 10
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $44,490Cash pay $31,143 - 11
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $45,452Cash pay $22,726 - 12
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $45,646Cash pay $22,823 - 13
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $46,916Cash pay $30,496 - 14Gross charge $46,916Cash pay $30,496
- 15
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $49,406Cash pay $24,703 - 16
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $52,385 - 17
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $53,396Cash pay $34,707 - 18
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $53,396Cash pay $34,707 - 19
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $57,120Cash pay $15,468 - 20
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $214,320Cash pay $107,160 - 21
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 27
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 28
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 29
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 31
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 37
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
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- 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
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 52
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 55
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 58
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Lincoln, IL
Gross charge — - 59
Taylorville Memorial Hospital
Taylorville, IL
Gross charge — - 60
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 61
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 62
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 63
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 64
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 65
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, IL
Gross charge — - 66
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 67
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge — - 68
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 69
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge —
20 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for appendix removal under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $26,056 to $214,320. The cheapest is Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon; the most expensive is Community First Medical Center in Chicago. The state average sits at $52,072.
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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 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.