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
$53,340
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
17
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
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville, IL
Gross charge $38,061 - 5
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $43,173Cash pay $25,904 - 6
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $43,173Cash pay $25,904 - 7
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 8
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $44,489Cash pay $40,040 - 9
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $44,490Cash pay $31,143 - 10
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $45,452Cash pay $22,726 - 11
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $45,646Cash pay $22,823 - 12
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $46,916Cash pay $30,496 - 13Gross charge $46,916Cash pay $30,496
- 14
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $49,406Cash pay $24,703 - 15
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $52,385 - 16
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $57,120Cash pay $15,468 - 17
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $214,320Cash pay $107,160 - 18
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 19
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
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- 23
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 24
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, 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
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 33
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
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- 37
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, 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
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 48
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 51
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 57
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 58
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, IL
Gross charge — - 59
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 60
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 61
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 62
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 63
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge —
17 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 $53,340.
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.