C-Section Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$51,401
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$15,575 – $236,577
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $15,575Cash pay $9,345 - 2
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $15,575Cash pay $9,345 - 3
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $15,575Cash pay $9,345 - 4
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 5
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $22,598 - 6
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $29,209Cash pay $7,910 - 7
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $38,556Cash pay $19,278 - 8
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $39,315Cash pay $19,658 - 9
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $42,370Cash pay $27,540 - 10Gross charge $47,667Cash pay $30,983
- 11
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $49,376Cash pay $32,094 - 12
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $49,376Cash pay $32,094 - 13
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $59,938Cash pay $41,957 - 14
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $89,509Cash pay $44,755 - 15
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $236,577 - 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
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 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
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Lincoln, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Taylorville Memorial Hospital
Taylorville, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, 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
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 62
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge —
15 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $15,575 to $236,577. The cheapest is Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton; the most expensive is UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford. The state average sits at $51,401.
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 786 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.