Major Chest Surgery Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$87,814
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$56,755 – $120,453
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 2
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $67,318Cash pay $33,659 - 3
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $70,410Cash pay $35,205Medicare pays (avg) $25,061 - 4
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $87,378 - 5
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $92,217Cash pay $59,941 - 6Gross charge $92,217Cash pay $59,941Medicare pays (avg) $18,901
- 7
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $95,025Cash pay $57,015 - 8
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $108,548Cash pay $75,984 - 9
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $120,453 - 10
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 11
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 12
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 13
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 16
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 17
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 18
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 19
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 20
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 21
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,767 - 25
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
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- 29
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 31
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,135 - 32
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 33
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 34
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,239 - 35
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 39
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 42
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 43
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 47
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 49
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 51
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge —
9 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for major chest surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $56,755 to $120,453. The cheapest is MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center in Aledo; the most expensive is UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford. The state average sits at $87,814.
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 chest 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 chest 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 chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.