Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$58,847
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$24,346 – $156,520
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $24,346Cash pay $12,173 - 2
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 3
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $44,342Cash pay $26,605 - 4
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $44,342Cash pay $26,605 - 5
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $49,728Medicare pays (avg) $10,282 - 6
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $53,725Cash pay $26,863 - 7
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $53,725Cash pay $26,863 - 8
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $55,458Cash pay $33,275 - 9
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $56,022 - 10
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $59,567Cash pay $38,718 - 11Gross charge $59,567Cash pay $38,718
- 12
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $67,778Cash pay $18,354 - 13
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $156,520Cash pay $109,564 - 14
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 15
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 16
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 17
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 20
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,972 - 29
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
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- 33
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,672 - 35
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,062 - 36
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 44
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 47
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 51
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 53
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 54
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $9,883
13 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lung under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $24,346 to $156,520. 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 $58,847.
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 lung 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 lung 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 lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.