DRG 309 · Cardiovascular

Cardiac Arrhythmia Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals

An irregular or abnormal heart rhythm, such as atrial fibrillation. The hospital stay typically involves continuous heart monitoring and medicines to bring the heart's rate and rhythm under control.

State average
$30,974
gross charge · DRG 309
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$13,479 – $64,251
low to high
Lowest $13,479 Highest $64,251

18 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for cardiac arrhythmia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $13,479 to $64,251. The cheapest is Pinckneyville Community Hospital in Pinckneyville; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $30,974.

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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 309 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $13,479
  2. 2

    Hillsboro Area Hospital

    Hillsboro, IL

    Gross charge $15,487
    Cash pay $12,389
  3. 3
    Gross charge $20,441
    Cash pay $13,287
  4. 4

    Rush Oak Park Hospital

    Oak Park, IL

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $22,456
    Cash pay $11,228
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,763
  5. 5
    Gross charge $22,555
    Cash pay $20,299
  6. 6

    Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    100 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $23,846
    Cash pay $15,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,114
  7. 7

    Swedish Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,713
    Cash pay $16,713
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,946
  8. 8

    Copley Memorial Hospital

    Aurora, IL

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,340
    Cash pay $14,170
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,909
  9. 9

    Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,362
    Cash pay $14,681
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,194
  10. 10

    Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

    Morris, IL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,102
    Cash pay $8,423
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,955
  11. 11

    University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

    Chicago, IL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,364
    Cash pay $21,955
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,984
  12. 12
    Gross charge $32,154
    Cash pay $19,293
  13. 13

    Memorial Hospital Belleville

    Belleville, IL

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,154
    Cash pay $19,293
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,213
  14. 14

    UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

    Rockford, IL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,479
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,650
  15. 15

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    Alton, IL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,515
    Cash pay $20,109
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,345
  16. 16

    Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

    Mattoon, IL

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,182
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,123
  17. 17

    Roseland Community Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $62,650
  18. 18

    Vista Medical Center East

    Waukegan, IL

    Gross charge $64,251
  19. 19

    Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet

    Joliet, IL

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,579
  20. 20

    Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)

    Peoria, IL

    Gross charge —
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    Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)

    Quincy, IL

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,474
  22. 22

    Advocate Sherman Hospital

    Elgin, IL

    68 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,682
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    Advocate Trinity Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,523
  25. 25

    West Suburban Medical Center

    Oak Park, IL

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    Saint Francis Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,330
  27. 27

    Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge —
  28. 28

    Mc Donough District Hospital

    Macomb, IL

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  29. 29

    Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)

    Urbana, IL

    50 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,963
  30. 30

    Resurrection Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,200
  31. 31

    Carle Health Pekin Hospital

    Pekin, IL

    Gross charge —
  32. 32

    Carle Neuroscience Institute at BroMenn Medical Center

    Normal, IL

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,577
  33. 33

    Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Springfield, IL

    64 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,404
  34. 34

    St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee

    Kankakee, IL

    Gross charge —
  35. 35

    Mercy Medical Center

    Aurora, IL

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,373
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  38. 38

    Heartland Regional Medical Center

    Marion, IL

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,127
  39. 39

    Advocate Condell Medical Center

    Libertyville, IL

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,601
  40. 40

    Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oak Lawn, IL

    62 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,256
  41. 41

    Carle Health Methodist Hospital

    Peoria, IL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,089
  42. 42

    Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin

    Elgin, IL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,664
  43. 43

    Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Park Ridge, IL

    48 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,511
  44. 44

    Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago

    Chicago, IL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,884
  45. 45

    Ascension Alexian Brothers

    Elk Grove Village, IL

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,429
  46. 46

    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital

    Rock Island, IL

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,995
  47. 47

    Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

    Downers Grove, IL

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,314
  48. 48

    Anderson Hospital

    Maryville, IL

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,560
  49. 49

    St Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, IL

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,254
  50. 50

    Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

    Barrington, IL

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,108
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  52. 52

    North Chicago VA Medical Center

    North Chicago, IL

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  55. 55

    Red Bud Regional Hospital

    Red Bud, IL

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  56. 56

    Carle Richland Memorial Hospital

    Olney, IL

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  57. 57

    SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia

    Centralia, IL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,536
  58. 58

    HSHS St. John's Hospital

    Springfield, IL

    77 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,350
  59. 59

    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange

    La Grange, IL

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,866
  60. 60

    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook

    Bolingbrook, IL

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,517
  61. 61

    Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Decatur, IL

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,904
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  64. 64

    Edward Hospital

    Naperville, IL

    81 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,676

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