DRG 329 · Digestive

Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.

State average
$127,146
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$47,669 – $292,937
low to high
Lowest $47,669 Highest $292,937

16 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $47,669 to $292,937. The cheapest is Community First Medical Center in Chicago; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $127,146.

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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 329 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

    Community First Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $47,669
    Cash pay $23,834
  2. 2
    Gross charge $48,065
    Cash pay $43,258
  3. 3

    Rush Oak Park Hospital

    Oak Park, IL

    Gross charge $62,899
    Cash pay $31,449
  4. 4
    Gross charge $87,534
    Cash pay $56,897
  5. 5

    Swedish Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $105,226
    Cash pay $68,397
  6. 6

    Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

    Mattoon, IL

    Gross charge $108,560
  7. 7
    Gross charge $114,258
    Cash pay $68,555
  8. 8

    Memorial Hospital Belleville

    Belleville, IL

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $114,258
    Cash pay $68,555
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,961
  9. 9

    Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    61 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $116,630
    Cash pay $75,810
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,496
  10. 10

    Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

    Morris, IL

    Gross charge $137,012
    Cash pay $37,103
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    Copley Memorial Hospital

    Aurora, IL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $146,706
    Cash pay $73,353
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,306
  12. 12

    Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $149,337
    Cash pay $74,668
    Medicare pays (avg) $52,258
  13. 13

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    Alton, IL

    Gross charge $150,133
    Cash pay $90,080
  14. 14

    UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

    Rockford, IL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $171,769
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,824
  15. 15

    University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $181,338
    Cash pay $126,937
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    Vista Medical Center East

    Waukegan, IL

    Gross charge $292,937
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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

    23 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $38,033
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    Advocate Sherman Hospital

    Elgin, IL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $31,605
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    Advocate Trinity Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $33,360
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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

    34 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $31,286
  28. 28

    Resurrection Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,052
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    Carle Health Pekin Hospital

    Pekin, IL

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    Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Springfield, IL

    26 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $32,449
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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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  37. 37

    Advocate Condell Medical Center

    Libertyville, IL

    21 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $30,920
  38. 38

    Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Oak Lawn, IL

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,312
  39. 39

    Carle Health Methodist Hospital

    Peoria, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $36,044
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    Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin

    Elgin, IL

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    Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Park Ridge, IL

    43 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $32,108
  42. 42

    Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago

    Chicago, IL

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  43. 43

    Ascension Alexian Brothers

    Elk Grove Village, IL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $31,550
  44. 44

    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital

    Rock Island, IL

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    Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

    Downers Grove, IL

    19 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $26,908
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    Anderson Hospital

    Maryville, IL

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    St Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, IL

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  48. 48

    Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

    Barrington, IL

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $30,141
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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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  55. 55

    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange

    La Grange, IL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $34,053
  56. 56

    UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook

    Bolingbrook, IL

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  57. 57

    Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Decatur, IL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $31,807
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    Edward Hospital

    Naperville, IL

    33 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $24,387

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