Premature Newborn Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$46,774
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$4,883 – $218,710
low to high
Data notes for Illinois
- The lowest published charge ($4,883 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $4,883 - 2
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic - Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL
Gross charge $9,562Cash pay $6,215 - 3
Harvard hospital
Harvard, IL
Gross charge $9,562Cash pay $6,215 - 4
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $10,121Cash pay $2,741 - 5
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $12,195Cash pay $7,317 - 6
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $12,195Cash pay $7,317 - 7
Memorial Hospital (Carthage)
Carthage, IL
Gross charge $12,195Cash pay $7,317 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 9
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $20,259Cash pay $13,168 - 10
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $61,786Cash pay $30,893 - 11
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $62,836Cash pay $31,418 - 12Gross charge $64,919Cash pay $42,197
- 13
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $143,388Cash pay $100,371 - 14
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $218,710 - 15
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge — - 16
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 17
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge — - 18
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 21
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 22
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge — - 23
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 24
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge — - 25
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge — - 26
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 27
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 31
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge — - 32
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
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- 35
Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 36
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge — - 37
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge — - 38
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge — - 39
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge — - 40
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge — - 44
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge — - 45
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge — - 46
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge — - 47
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge — - 48
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 49
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 50
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 51
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Lincoln, IL
Gross charge — - 52
Taylorville Memorial Hospital
Taylorville, IL
Gross charge — - 53
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 54
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge — - 55
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge — - 57
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge — - 58
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge — - 59
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge — - 60
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge — - 61
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge —
14 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for premature newborn under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,883 to $218,710. The cheapest is Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon; the most expensive is UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford. The state average sits at $46,774.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Illinois, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.