Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $20,974Cash pay $10,487 - 2
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $22,773Cash pay $11,386 - 3
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $23,204Cash pay $11,602 - 4
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $23,770Cash pay $6,437 - 5
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $24,589 - 6Gross charge $28,926Cash pay $18,802Medicare pays (avg) $7,199
- 7
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $30,858Cash pay $20,058 - 8
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $34,594Cash pay $20,756 - 9
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $34,594Cash pay $20,756 - 10
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $36,042Cash pay $21,625 - 11
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $46,988 - 12
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $57,136Cash pay $39,995 - 13
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 14
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 15
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 16
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 19
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 28
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 29
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
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- 32
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 35
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 43
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 46
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 52
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 53
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, IL
Gross charge — - 54
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 58
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge —
12 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lungs under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $20,974 to $57,136. The cheapest is Rush Oak Park Hospital in Oak Park; the most expensive is University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics in Chicago. The state average sits at $32,037.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.