Headache Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$31,468
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$25,231 – $37,439
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $25,231Cash pay $15,139 - 2
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $26,487Cash pay $17,216 - 3Gross charge $29,811Cash pay $19,377
- 4
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $30,383 - 5
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $31,395Cash pay $15,698 - 6
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $31,998Cash pay $15,999 - 7
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $32,575Cash pay $19,545 - 8
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $32,575Cash pay $19,545 - 9
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $33,981Cash pay $16,990Medicare pays (avg) $8,941 - 10
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $23,995 - 11
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $37,439 - 12
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 13
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 14
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 15
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 18
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 27
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 28
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
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- 31
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,279 - 34
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 35
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,121 - 37
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,215 - 38
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 39
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 42
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 45
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 46
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 51
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 52
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, IL
Gross charge — - 53
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge —
11 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for headache under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $25,231 to $37,439. The cheapest is Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton; the most expensive is Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. The state average sits at $31,468.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.