DRG 556 · Musculoskeletal

Muscle & Joint Symptoms Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals

Pain or other symptoms in the muscles, bones, or joints that need hospital evaluation. The stay usually involves imaging and tests to find the cause, along with pain management.

State average
$28,489
gross charge · DRG 556
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$7,952 – $68,921
low to high
Lowest $7,952 Highest $68,921

16 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for muscle & joint symptoms under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,952 to $68,921. The cheapest is Hillsboro Area Hospital in Hillsboro; the most expensive is Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. The state average sits at $28,489.

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 muscle & joint symptoms at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling muscle & joint symptoms 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 muscle & joint symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 556 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

    Hillsboro Area Hospital

    Hillsboro, IL

    Gross charge $7,952
    Cash pay $6,362
  2. 2

    Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

    Morris, IL

    Gross charge $8,634
    Cash pay $2,338
  3. 3

    Massac Memorial Hospital

    Metropolis, IL

    Gross charge $9,073
    Cash pay $6,351
  4. 4

    Rush Oak Park Hospital

    Oak Park, IL

    Gross charge $18,442
    Cash pay $9,221
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    Gross charge $25,667
    Cash pay $15,400
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    Memorial Hospital Belleville

    Belleville, IL

    Gross charge $25,667
    Cash pay $15,400
  7. 7

    University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $26,148
    Cash pay $18,303
  8. 8

    Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

    Mattoon, IL

    Gross charge $27,216
  9. 9

    Swedish Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $29,452
    Cash pay $19,144
  10. 10

    Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

    Evanston, IL

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,452
    Cash pay $19,144
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,966
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    UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

    Rockford, IL

    Gross charge $30,415
  12. 12

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    Alton, IL

    Gross charge $34,984
    Cash pay $20,991
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    Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    Gross charge $35,677
    Cash pay $17,838
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    Gross charge $38,000
    Cash pay $34,200
  15. 15

    Copley Memorial Hospital

    Aurora, IL

    Gross charge $40,129
    Cash pay $20,064
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    Vista Medical Center East

    Waukegan, IL

    Gross charge $68,921
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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

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $5,468
  28. 28

    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

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $6,219
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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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