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Hospitals in Illinois

Illinois has 194 licensed hospitals listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,461 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

194 licensed hospitals listed · 136 with CMS star ratings.

Hospital context in Illinois

Hospital pages on ElderCareCosts are for discharge planning and local context in Illinois, not residential care shopping and not a cost-of-care index. Inpatient hospital bills are insurance-negotiated and episode-specific. We do not publish a local hospital cost table.

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CMS rating distribution in Illinois

CMS overall star ratings for 136 hospitals in Illinois. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in Illinois
CMS starsProviders
5 stars14
4 stars35
3 stars43
2 stars29
1 star15

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Illinois licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for Illinois are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in Illinois

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Illinois Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Illinois resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

  • Community Care Program. Illinois Department on Aging Community Care Program (includes Medicaid HCBS elderly waiver pathway).
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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Cities in Illinois

Showing the 500 largest of 1,461 tracked cities.

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Counties in Illinois

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many hospitals providers each county holds.

Hospitals by county in Illinois

Hospitals providers in Illinois

Sample of licensed hospitals listed for Illinois. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are listed in Illinois?

We currently list 194 licensed hospitals across Illinois.

Which cities in Illinois have hospitals listings?

We track 1461 Illinois cities for hospitals. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in Illinois: 194 added · 373 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospitals in Illinois are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospitals in Illinois. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospitals/illinois/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospitals in Illinois." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospitals/illinois/.

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