DRG 486 · Musculoskeletal

Knee Surgery for Infection Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals

An operation to treat an infected knee joint, often by washing out the joint or removing infected tissue. The stay includes the surgery and IV antibiotics.

State average
$90,541
gross charge · DRG 486
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$54,596 – $266,459
low to high
Lowest $54,596 Highest $266,459

11 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery for infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $54,596 to $266,459. The cheapest is Memorial Hospital (Chester) in Chester; the most expensive is University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics in Chicago. The state average sits at $90,541.

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 knee surgery for infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling knee surgery for infection 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 knee surgery for infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 486 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 $54,596
    Cash pay $32,758
  2. 2

    Memorial Hospital Belleville

    Belleville, IL

    Gross charge $54,596
    Cash pay $32,758
  3. 3

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    Alton, IL

    Gross charge $69,059
    Cash pay $41,435
  4. 4

    Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

    Mattoon, IL

    Gross charge $69,309
  5. 5

    Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

    Morris, IL

    Gross charge $72,409
    Cash pay $19,608
  6. 6

    Copley Memorial Hospital

    Aurora, IL

    Gross charge $75,690
    Cash pay $37,845
  7. 7

    Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $77,072
    Cash pay $38,536
  8. 8

    Swedish Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $77,381
    Cash pay $50,298
  9. 9

    Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $77,381
    Cash pay $50,298
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,746
  10. 10

    UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

    Rockford, IL

    Gross charge $102,003
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    University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $266,459
    Cash pay $186,521
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    Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet

    Joliet, IL

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    Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)

    Peoria, IL

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    Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)

    Quincy, IL

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    Advocate Sherman Hospital

    Elgin, IL

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    Advocate Trinity Hospital

    Chicago, IL

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    West Suburban Medical Center

    Oak Park, IL

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    Saint Francis Hospital

    Evanston, IL

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    Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, IL

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    Mc Donough District Hospital

    Macomb, IL

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    Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)

    Urbana, IL

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    Resurrection Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

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    Carle Health Pekin Hospital

    Pekin, IL

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    Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Springfield, IL

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    St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee

    Kankakee, IL

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    Mercy Medical Center

    Aurora, IL

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    Heartland Regional Medical Center

    Marion, IL

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    Advocate Condell Medical Center

    Libertyville, IL

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    Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oak Lawn, IL

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    Carle Health Methodist Hospital

    Peoria, IL

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    Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin

    Elgin, IL

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    Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Park Ridge, IL

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    Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago

    Chicago, IL

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    Ascension Alexian Brothers

    Elk Grove Village, IL

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    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital

    Rock Island, IL

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    Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

    Downers Grove, IL

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    Anderson Hospital

    Maryville, IL

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    St Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, IL

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    Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

    Barrington, IL

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    North Chicago VA Medical Center

    North Chicago, IL

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    Red Bud Regional Hospital

    Red Bud, IL

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    Carle Richland Memorial Hospital

    Olney, IL

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    SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia

    Centralia, IL

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    HSHS St. John's Hospital

    Springfield, IL

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    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange

    La Grange, IL

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    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook

    Bolingbrook, IL

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    Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Decatur, IL

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    Edward Hospital

    Naperville, IL

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