Birth control implant insertion cost in Illinois
In Illinois, 37 hospitals publish a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $37.43 to $3,361.40, with a median of $232.50. The lowest price is at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (Melrose Park) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 89.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $232.50, is 14% below the US median of $271.23.
- That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- Illinois ranks 17th of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
- 14 of 37 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Illinois law (Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, 210 ILCS 89): an uninsured Illinois resident with family income up to 600% of the federal poverty level (300% at rural and critical access hospitals) can apply for a discount that brings the bill down to about 135% of the hospital's cost; up to 200% (125% at rural hospitals) medically necessary care is free. A hospital may collect no more than 25% of family income in 12 months. Ask the billing office for the application. Other states' laws.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11981. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$37.43Gottlieb Memorial Hospital + 1 more
Median$232.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,361.40in Illinois
Lowest saves$195.07vs the median
Hospitals in Illinois, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital lowest Melrose Park · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $37.43 | $197.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MacNeal Hospital lowest Berwyn · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $37.43 | $197.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $45.31 | $197.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Morris Hospital Morris · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue | $63.28 | $263.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Glenbrook Hospital Glenview · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion Non-Biodegrad Drug Delivery Impl | $77.35 | $119.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Skokie Hospital Skokie · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion Non-Biodegrad Drug Delivery Impl | $77.35 | $119.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford · Rockford, IL HC PBB INSERTION DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE | $107.05 | $142.73 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Loretto Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN PF INS IMPL DRUG DELIVERY | $108.71 | $181.19 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN PF-INS IMPL DRUG DELIV NON-BIO | $112.70 | $161.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital Highland Park · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRAD DRUG DELIVERY IMPL | $128.00 | $128.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRAD DRUG DELIVERY IMPL | $128.00 | $128.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Covenant Health Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRAD DRUG DELIVERY IMPL | $128.00 | $128.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Humboldt Park Health Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue | $134.95 | $481.95 | Sep 29, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Insertion drug dlvr implant | $141.00 | $4,130.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL GHS INSERT CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANT | $149.40 | $249.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Pana Community Hospital Pana · Taylorville, IL 11981 INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE. | $175.00 | $175.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| Carlinville Area Hospital Carlinville · St. Louis, MO-IL Insert drug-delivery implant (Nexplanon) | $179.90 | $257.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN DRUG IMPLANT INSERT | $232.50 | $465.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN DRUG IMPLANT INSERT | $232.50 | $465.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Insertion, Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant | $325.00 | $325.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Morrison Community Hospital Morrison · Sterling, IL INSERTION, DRUG DELIVERY IMPL | $339.25 | $339.25 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Pinckneyville Community Hospital Pinckneyville · Pinckneyville, IL Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue | $354.00 | $354.00 | Jun 8, 2026 source file |
| Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal · Bloomington, IL Insertion Drug Implant Device | $399.00 | $399.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Carle Eureka Hospital Eureka · Peoria, IL Insertion Drug Implant Device | $399.00 | $399.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Jersey Community Hospital Jerseyville · St. Louis, MO-IL 11981 Insertion, non-biodegradable drug delivery implant | $413.00 | $413.00 | Mar 10, 2026 source file |
| Hammond Henry Dist Hospital Geneseo · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue | $423.90 | $471.00 | Jan 22, 2026 source file |
| County of Clay Flora · Flora, IL HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT | $426.00 | $426.00 | May 7, 2026 source file |
| FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport · Freeport, IL Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue | $502.40 | $628.00 | Jan 22, 2026 source file |
| Midwest Medical Center Galena · Galena, IL INSERTION NON BIODEGRADABLE | $534.44 | $587.30 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN H INSJ NON-BIODEGRADABLE BIORESORBABLE BIODEGRAD | $555.80 | $794.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana · Champaign-Urbana, IL Insertion Drug Implant Device | $578.00 | $578.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Gibson Area Hospital Gibson City · Champaign-Urbana, IL INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE | $656.00 | $656.00 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Fairfield Memorial Hospital Fairfield · Fairfield, IL INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE | $1,140.00 | $1,425.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Insertion, Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant-Pbb | $2,321.00 | $2,321.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Insert Drug Implant Device | $2,567.60 | $3,668.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Insert Drug Implant Device | $2,567.60 | $3,668.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Insert Drug Implant Device | $3,361.40 | $4,802.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 21 | $37.43 | $128.00 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 2 | $578.00 | $617.00 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 2 | $149.40 | $286.65 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2 | $179.90 | $296.45 |
| Bloomington, IL | 1 | $399.00 | $399.00 |
| Fairfield, IL | 1 | $1,140.00 | $1,140.00 |
| Flora, IL | 1 | $426.00 | $426.00 |
| Freeport, IL | 1 | $502.40 | $502.40 |
| Galena, IL | 1 | $534.44 | $534.44 |
| Pinckneyville, IL | 1 | $354.00 | $354.00 |
| Peoria, IL | 1 | $399.00 | $399.00 |
| Rockford, IL | 1 | $107.05 | $107.05 |
| Sterling, IL | 1 | $339.25 | $339.25 |
| Taylorville, IL | 1 | $175.00 | $175.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What birth control implant insertion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Birth control implant insertion explained.
Insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant in other states
- Alabama$312.01
- Alaska$306.54
- Arizona$163.27
- Arkansas$319.25
- California$284.26
- Colorado$338.41
- Connecticut$407.76
- Delaware$522.48
- District of Columbia$170.85, 2 hospitals
- Florida$314.60
- Georgia$545.00
- Hawaii$238.70
- Idaho$188.30
- Indiana$1,880.50
- Iowa$297.00
- Kansas$178.50
- Kentucky$136.50
- Louisiana$96.36
- Maine$126.13
- Maryland$235.94, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$549.00
- Michigan$166.60
- Minnesota$271.46
- Mississippi$132.00
- Missouri$184.00
- Montana$286.90
- Nebraska$263.00
- Nevada$1,271.00, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$87.32
- New Jersey$172.00
- New Mexico$227.81, 4 hospitals
- New York$281.71
- North Carolina$129.32
- North Dakota$244.80
- Ohio$377.25
- Oklahoma$221.85
- Oregon$255.78
- Pennsylvania$254.40
- Rhode Island$399.05, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$325.18
- South Dakota$308.00
- Tennessee$171.39
- Texas$249.58
- Utah$122.52, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$186.34
- Virginia$564.50
- Washington$276.13
- West Virginia$165.52
- Wisconsin$280.23
- Wyoming$182.25, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.