Knee Surgery Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the knee other than a total joint replacement, such as repairing or cleaning out damaged tissue, in a patient without a joint infection. The stay includes the surgery and early recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $30,860Medicare pays (avg) $7,502 - 2
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $35,965Cash pay $32,369 - 3
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $36,372Cash pay $21,823 - 4
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $36,372Cash pay $21,823 - 5
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $36,372Cash pay $21,823 - 6
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $38,480 - 7
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $41,046Cash pay $20,523 - 8
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $41,568Cash pay $20,784Medicare pays (avg) $12,930 - 9
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $47,010Cash pay $30,557 - 10Gross charge $47,010Cash pay $30,557
- 11
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $53,382Cash pay $26,691 - 12
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $72,118Cash pay $36,059 - 13
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $118,366Cash pay $82,856 - 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
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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
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Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 29
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
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- 33
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 35
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 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
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
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
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13 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $30,860 to $118,366. The cheapest is Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon; the most expensive is University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics in Chicago. The state average sits at $48,840.
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 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 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 in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 489 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.