Eye injection cost in Illinois
In Illinois, 33 hospitals publish a cash price for eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection): from $74.16 to $3,068.80, with a median of $680.00. The lowest price is at Loretto Hospital (Chicago). The highest price is 41.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $680.00, is 15% above the US median of $591.45.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($337.46).
- Illinois ranks 21st of 32 states by median, cheapest first.
- 8 of 33 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 67028. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$74.16Loretto Hospital
Median$680.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,068.80in Illinois
Lowest saves$605.84vs the median
Hospitals in Illinois, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loretto Hospital lowest Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECTION EYE DRUG | $74.16 | $123.60 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN PF-INTRAVITREAL | $141.40 | $202.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Humboldt Park Health one side Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Injection of drug into eye | $173.46 | $619.50 | Sep 29, 2026 source file |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Glenbrook Hospital Glenview · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Inject Intravitreal Pharmcologic | $217.75 | $335.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Skokie Hospital Skokie · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Inject Intravitreal Pharmcologic | $217.75 | $335.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford · Rockford, IL HC PBB INJ EYE DRUG | $265.75 | $354.33 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Intravitreal Inj of Pharm Agt | $266.38 | $1,402.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MacNeal Hospital Berwyn · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Intravitreal Inj of Pharm Agt | $266.38 | $1,402.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Intravitreal Inj of Pharm Agt | $322.46 | $1,402.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital Highland Park · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL PHARMCOLOGIC | $387.00 | $387.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL PHARMCOLOGIC | $387.00 | $387.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Covenant Health Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL PHARMCOLOGIC | $387.00 | $387.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Carle Eureka Hospital Eureka · Peoria, IL Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $512.00 | $512.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN H INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX | $513.10 | $733.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport · Freeport, IL Injection of drug into eye | $669.26 | $836.57 | Jan 22, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge Park Ridge · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL MEDICATION | $680.00 | $1,360.00 | Nov 6, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL MEDICATION | $680.00 | $1,360.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL MEDICATION | $680.00 | $1,360.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL MEDICATION | $680.00 | $1,360.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN INJECT INTRAVITREAL MEDICATION | $680.00 | $1,360.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Springfield · Springfield, IL HC INTRAVITREAL INJ PHARM AGENT | $884.88 | $1,229.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal · Bloomington, IL Intravitreal Injection a Pharmacologic Agent (Sep Proc) | $1,217.00 | $1,217.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Intravitreal Injection Of Pharmacologic Agent-Pbb | $1,615.00 | $1,615.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana · Champaign-Urbana, IL Intravitreal Injection a Pharmacologic Agent (Sep Proc) | $1,722.00 | $1,722.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Intravitreal Injection Of Pharmacologic Agent | $2,057.00 | $2,057.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $3,068.80 | $4,384.00 | 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
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 | 27 | $74.16 | $680.00 |
| Bloomington, IL | 1 | $1,217.00 | $1,217.00 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 1 | $1,722.00 | $1,722.00 |
| Freeport, IL | 1 | $669.26 | $669.26 |
| Peoria, IL | 1 | $512.00 | $512.00 |
| Rockford, IL | 1 | $265.75 | $265.75 |
| Springfield, IL | 1 | $884.88 | $884.88 |
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 eye injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye injection explained.
Eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection) in other states
- Alabama$405.49, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$691.86
- Arizona$433.09, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$468.00
- California$884.65
- Colorado$493.35, 3 hospitals
- Connecticut$789.60, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$1,409.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,704.31, 2 hospitals
- Florida$833.90
- Georgia$560.10
- Hawaii$2,340.80
- Idaho$927.00
- Indiana$6,019.04, 4 hospitals
- Iowa$676.20
- Kansas$267.40, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$377.44, 2 hospitals
- Louisiana$303.91
- Maine$223.13, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$918.21, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$1,270.00
- Michigan$620.93
- Minnesota$493.96
- Mississippi$385.00
- Missouri$331.50
- Montana$459.20
- Nebraska$252.05
- Nevada$405.00, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$498.24, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$2,264.00
- New Mexico$434.34, 2 hospitals
- New York$721.00
- North Carolina$510.72
- North Dakota$430.43
- Ohio$393.75
- Oklahoma$579.84
- Oregon$708.38
- Pennsylvania$513.32
- Rhode Island$261.45, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$788.81
- South Dakota$190.48, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$123.60
- Texas$529.20
- Utah$77.00, 1 hospital
- Vermont$496.00, 1 hospital
- Virginia$644.50
- Washington$795.60
- West Virginia$472.25
- Wisconsin$404.95
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.