Sepsis Cost in Illinois — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) without major complications.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for sepsis. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 5–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and sepsis workup
- Inpatient room and continuous monitoring
- IV antibiotics and fluids (often broad-spectrum until culture results return)
- Blood cultures, lactate, and serial labs
- Source-control procedures if needed (drainage, etc.)
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist, infectious-disease, and any specialty consultant fees
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Home health for any IV antibiotic continuation
- Long-term rehab if sepsis caused weakness
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does sepsis best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Sepsis Care Bundle (SEP-1)
The headline sepsis metric — measures how often hospitals deliver evidence-based sepsis care within strict time windows (antibiotics, fluids, repeat lactate).
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle
For the sickest sepsis patients, faster bundle completion saves lives.
Hospital-wide Mortality
Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death. A hospital with strong overall mortality numbers is usually doing the right things for sepsis.
C. diff Infection Ratio
Sepsis treatment requires broad-spectrum antibiotics, which raises C. diff risk. Hospitals with low SIR control this better.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For sepsis, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Sepsis admissions aren't shoppable in real time — the nearest hospital is typically the right call during an acute episode. This page is more useful for chronic-condition planning or evaluating where care was delivered.
- For elderly patients or those with chronic disease, the hospital with the best SEP-1 compliance score may be worth additional travel time when distances are comparable.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During acute illness: skip this list and call 911. Sepsis worsens by the hour.
- After discharge: what outpatient antibiotic continuation is needed? Is it covered?
- Is post-sepsis rehab or follow-up recommended? Where will it happen?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Hillsboro Area Hospital
Hillsboro, IL
Gross charge $7,676Cash pay $6,141 - 2
Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis, IL
Gross charge $9,825Cash pay $6,877 - 3
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Pinckneyville, IL
Gross charge $14,508 - 4
Crawford Memorial Hospital
Robinson, IL
Gross charge $17,115Cash pay $13,692 - 5
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center
Aledo, IL
Gross charge $25,604Cash pay $16,642 - 6
Hammond Henry Hospital
Geneseo, IL
Gross charge $25,959Cash pay $23,363 - 7
Warner Hospital & Health Services
Clinton, IL
Gross charge $27,491 - 8Gross charge $27,820Cash pay $18,083Medicare pays (avg) $7,397
- 9
Swedish Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $28,121Cash pay $18,279Medicare pays (avg) $7,642 - 10
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge $28,539Cash pay $14,269Medicare pays (avg) $6,439 - 11
Memorial Hospital (Chester)
Chester, IL
Gross charge $29,640Cash pay $17,784 - 12
Memorial Hospital Belleville
Belleville, IL
Gross charge $29,640Cash pay $17,784Medicare pays (avg) $6,211 - 13
Alton Memorial Hospital
Alton, IL
Gross charge $33,129Cash pay $19,878Medicare pays (avg) $6,580 - 14
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $34,471Cash pay $17,235Medicare pays (avg) $10,518 - 15
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora, IL
Gross charge $34,727Cash pay $17,364Medicare pays (avg) $7,205 - 16
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
Morris, IL
Gross charge $35,688Cash pay $9,664Medicare pays (avg) $6,423 - 17
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL
Gross charge $36,588Medicare pays (avg) $6,885 - 18
UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital
Rockford, IL
Gross charge $38,169Medicare pays (avg) $7,110 - 19
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $30,588Medicare pays (avg) $11,643 - 20
Vista Medical Center East
Waukegan, IL
Gross charge $59,258Medicare pays (avg) $6,766 - 21
Community First Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge $74,820Cash pay $37,410 - 22
Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet
Joliet, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,404 - 23
Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Acute Care)
Peoria, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,519 - 24
Blessing Hospital (Acute Care)
Quincy, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,624 - 25
Advocate Sherman Hospital
Elgin, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,211 - 26Gross charge —
- 27
Advocate Trinity Hospital
Chicago, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,208 - 28
West Suburban Medical Center
Oak Park, IL
Gross charge — - 29
Saint Francis Hospital
Evanston, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,283 - 30
Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Chicago, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,063 - 31
Mc Donough District Hospital
Macomb, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,558 - 32
Carle Foundation Hospital (Acute Care)
Urbana, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,019 - 33
Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,559 - 34
Carle Health Pekin Hospital
Pekin, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,276 - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Memorial Medical Center (Acute Care)
Springfield, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,970 - 37
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,667 - 38
Mercy Medical Center
Aurora, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,368 - 39Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,573
- 40Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,370
- 41
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,834 - 42
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,375 - 43
Advocate Christ Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oak Lawn, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,995 - 44
Carle Health Methodist Hospital
Peoria, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,692 - 45
Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin
Elgin, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,449 - 46
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Acute Care)
Park Ridge, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,103 - 47
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,281 - 48
Ascension Alexian Brothers
Elk Grove Village, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,617 - 49
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Rock Island Hospital
Rock Island, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,807 - 50
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,184 - 51
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,268 - 52
St Alexius Medical Center
Hoffman Estates, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,007 - 53
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,801 - 54
Deaconess Illinois Crossroads - Emergency Department
Mount Vernon, IL
Gross charge — - 55
North Chicago VA Medical Center
North Chicago, IL
Gross charge — - 56
Community Hospital of Staunton
Staunton, IL
Gross charge — - 57
Carle Eureka Emergency Department
Eureka, IL
Gross charge — - 58
Red Bud Regional Hospital
Red Bud, IL
Gross charge — - 59
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Olney, IL
Gross charge — - 60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia
Centralia, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,175 - 61
HSHS St. John's Hospital
Springfield, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,699 - 62
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange
La Grange, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,161 - 63
Edward Hospital
Naperville, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,390 - 64
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,597 - 65
Decatur Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Decatur, IL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,483 - 66
Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Hoopeston, IL
Gross charge — - 67
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
Gross charge —
21 Illinois hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,676 to $74,820. The cheapest is Hillsboro Area Hospital in Hillsboro; the most expensive is Community First Medical Center in Chicago. The state average sits at $31,547.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 872 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.