C-Section Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.
State average
$34,908
gross charge · DRG 787
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$16,085 – $66,821
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $16,085Cash pay $9,651 - 2
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $16,085Cash pay $9,651 - 3
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $16,085Cash pay $9,651 - 4
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $17,795 - 5
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 6
Crawford Memorial Hospital
Robinson, IL
Gross charge $26,807Cash pay $19,266 - 7
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $27,471Cash pay $7,439 - 8
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $34,188Cash pay $17,094 - 9
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $34,582Cash pay $17,291 - 10
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $40,069Cash pay $26,045 - 11Gross charge $42,368Cash pay $27,539
- 12
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $44,591Cash pay $28,984 - 13
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $44,591Cash pay $28,984 - 14
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $53,900 - 15
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $57,137Cash pay $39,996 - 16
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $66,821Cash pay $33,410 - 17
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 18
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 19
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 23
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 28
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 29
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 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
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, 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
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
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 61
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge — - 62
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 63
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge —
16 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $16,085 to $66,821. The cheapest is Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton; the most expensive is Community First Medical Center in Chicago. The state average sits at $34,908.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section 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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 787 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.