Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection of the brain or spinal cord caused by bacteria or tuberculosis, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess. Treatment involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $75,286 - 2
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $79,066Cash pay $39,533 - 3
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $82,257Cash pay $53,467 - 4
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $82,257Cash pay $53,467 - 5
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $86,971Cash pay $56,531 - 6Gross charge $86,971Cash pay $56,531
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University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $98,676Cash pay $69,073 - 8
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $99,995Cash pay $27,079 - 9
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $110,778Cash pay $66,467 - 10
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $110,778Cash pay $66,467 - 11
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $110,778Cash pay $66,467 - 12
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $135,928Cash pay $67,964 - 13
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $145,729Cash pay $72,864 - 14
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $271,523 - 15
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 16
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 17
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 18
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 21
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
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Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 31
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
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Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 46
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 49
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 51
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Lincoln, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Taylorville Memorial Hospital
Taylorville, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, 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
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 60
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge — - 61
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge —
14 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for bacterial meningitis & brain infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $75,286 to $271,523. The cheapest is UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford; the most expensive is Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. The state average sits at $112,642.
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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 094 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.