DRG 280 · Cardiovascular

Heart Attack Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals

Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with major complications — discharged alive.

State average
$52,864
gross charge · DRG 280
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$12,610 – $114,349
low to high
Lowest $12,610 Highest $114,349

18 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for heart attack under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $12,610 to $114,349. The cheapest is Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $52,864.

What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling heart attack in Illinois, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 280 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

    Roseland Community Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $12,610
    Cash pay $87,388
  2. 2
    Gross charge $17,434
    Cash pay $11,332
  3. 3
    Gross charge $35,002
    Cash pay $31,502
  4. 4
    Gross charge $36,717
  5. 5

    Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

    Mattoon, IL

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $40,779
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,346
  6. 6

    Rush Oak Park Hospital

    Oak Park, IL

    Gross charge $44,018
    Cash pay $22,009
  7. 7

    Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    192 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $46,340
    Cash pay $30,121
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,227
  8. 8

    Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

    Morris, IL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $51,438
    Cash pay $13,930
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,391
  9. 9

    Gateway Regional Medical Center

    Granite City, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $56,602
    Cash pay $33,961
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,677
  10. 10

    Swedish Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $58,245
    Cash pay $37,859
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,655
  11. 11
    Gross charge $58,700
    Cash pay $35,220
  12. 12

    Memorial Hospital Belleville

    Belleville, IL

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $58,700
    Cash pay $35,220
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,280
  13. 13

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    Alton, IL

    Gross charge $58,829
    Cash pay $35,297
  14. 14

    Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $60,102
    Cash pay $30,051
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,927
  15. 15

    UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

    Rockford, IL

    100 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $64,804
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,660
  16. 16

    Copley Memorial Hospital

    Aurora, IL

    99 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $65,176
    Cash pay $32,588
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,179
  17. 17

    University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

    Chicago, IL

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $71,710
    Cash pay $50,197
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,705
  18. 18

    Vista Medical Center East

    Waukegan, IL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $114,349
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,764
  19. 19

    Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet

    Joliet, IL

    64 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,593
  20. 20

    Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)

    Peoria, IL

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)

    Quincy, IL

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,923
  22. 22

    Advocate Sherman Hospital

    Elgin, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,301
  23. 23
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  24. 24

    Advocate Trinity Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    89 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,830
  25. 25

    West Suburban Medical Center

    Oak Park, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,140
  26. 26

    Saint Francis Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,543
  27. 27

    Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Chicago, IL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,924
  28. 28

    Mc Donough District Hospital

    Macomb, IL

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)

    Urbana, IL

    59 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,508
  30. 30

    Resurrection Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    109 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,363
  31. 31

    Carle Health Pekin Hospital

    Pekin, IL

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Carle Neuroscience Institute at BroMenn Medical Center

    Normal, IL

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,054
  33. 33

    Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Springfield, IL

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,613
  34. 34

    St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee

    Kankakee, IL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,668
  35. 35

    Mercy Medical Center

    Aurora, IL

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,064
  36. 36

    Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    50 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,701
  37. 37

    Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chicago, IL

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,439
  38. 38

    Heartland Regional Medical Center

    Marion, IL

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,075
  39. 39

    Advocate Condell Medical Center

    Libertyville, IL

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,028
  40. 40

    Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oak Lawn, IL

    138 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,395
  41. 41

    Carle Health Methodist Hospital

    Peoria, IL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,872
  42. 42

    Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin

    Elgin, IL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,424
  43. 43

    Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Park Ridge, IL

    154 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,629
  44. 44

    Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago

    Chicago, IL

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,184
  45. 45

    Ascension Alexian Brothers

    Elk Grove Village, IL

    62 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,891
  46. 46

    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital

    Rock Island, IL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,363
  47. 47

    Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

    Downers Grove, IL

    50 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,687
  48. 48

    Anderson Hospital

    Maryville, IL

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    St Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, IL

    63 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,639
  50. 50

    Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

    Barrington, IL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,973
  51. 51
    Gross charge
  52. 52

    North Chicago VA Medical Center

    North Chicago, IL

    Gross charge
  53. 53
    Gross charge
  54. 54
    Gross charge
  55. 55

    Red Bud Regional Hospital

    Red Bud, IL

    Gross charge
  56. 56

    Carle Richland Memorial Hospital

    Olney, IL

    Gross charge
  57. 57

    SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia

    Centralia, IL

    Gross charge
  58. 58

    HSHS St. John's Hospital

    Springfield, IL

    88 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,389
  59. 59

    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange

    La Grange, IL

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,893
  60. 60

    Edward Hospital

    Naperville, IL

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,957
  61. 61

    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook

    Bolingbrook, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,606
  62. 62

    Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Decatur, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,562
  63. 63
    Gross charge
  64. 64
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