217 hospitals in Illinois
As of the July 2026 CMS release, Illinois has 217 open hospitals in 140 cities, 186 of them with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 2 hr 53 min, 25 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 52 of the 141 hospitals Medicare rates hold 4 or 5 stars (15 with 5), and the state average is 3.0 stars.
Hospitals
217
in 156 Illinois cities
With an ER
186
86% of hospitals
Illinois has 217 open hospitals across 156 cities. By type: 121 acute care hospitals, 55 critical access hospitals, 16 psychiatric hospitals, 5 VA acute care hospitals, 3 children's hospitals and 3 rehabilitation hospitals (type not recorded for 14).
Illinois's largest hospital cities
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- Adventist la Grange Memorial HospitalLa Grange
- St Alexius Medical CenterHoffman Estates
- St Alexius Medical CenterSchaumburg
- Hinsdale HospitalHinsdale
- Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington
- Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry
- Memorial HospitalBelleville
- Kishwaukee Community HospitalDekalb
Shortest median ER visits
- Pinckneyville Community HospitalPinckneyville 49 min
- Washington County HospitalNashville 1 hr 24 min
- Advocate Eureka HospitalEureka 1 hr 30 min
- Genesis Medical Center, AledoAledo 1 hr 32 min
- Clay County HospitalFlora 1 hr 36 min
- Rochelle Community HospitalRochelle 1 hr 36 min
- Fairfield Memorial HospitalFairfield 1 hr 41 min
- Lawrence County Memorial HospitalLawrenceville 1 hr 42 min
See every Illinois ER ranked by wait · See every Illinois hospital ranked by stars · by patient rating · by infections and safety
All Illinois cities with hospitals
A
- Aledo (1)
- Alton (3)
- Anna (3)
- Arlington Heights (1)
- Aurora (2)
B
- Barrington (1)
- Belleville (2)
- Belvidere (1)
- Benton (2)
- Berwyn (1)
- Bloomington (1)
- Blue Island (1)
- Bolingbrook (1)
- Breese (1)
C
- Canton (1)
- Carbondale (1)
- Carlinville (1)
- Carmi (1)
- Carrollton (1)
- Carthage (2)
- Centralia (1)
- Centreville (1)
- Champaign (1)
- Chester (2)
- Chicago (51)
- Chicago Heights (1)
- Clinton (1)
- Crystal Lake (1)
D
- Danville (3)
- Decatur (2)
- Dekalb (2)
- Des Plaines (2)
- Dixon (1)
- Downers Grove (1)
- Du Quoin (1)
E
- East St Louis (2)
- Effingham (1)
- Eldorado (1)
- Elgin (4)
- Elk Grove Village (1)
- Elmhurst (1)
- Eureka (1)
- Evanston (3)
- Evergreen Park (1)
F
- Fairfield (1)
- Flora (1)
- Forest Park (1)
- Freeport (1)
G
- Galena (2)
- Galesburg (2)
- Geneseo (2)
- Geneva (1)
- Gibson City (1)
- Glendale Heights (1)
- Godfrey (1)
- Granite City (1)
- Greenville (1)
H
- Harrisburg (2)
- Harvard (1)
- Harvey (1)
- Havana (1)
- Hazel Crest (1)
- Herrin (1)
- Highland (1)
- Hillsboro (1)
- Hines (1)
- Hinsdale (2)
- Hoffman Estates (3)
- Hoopeston (1)
- Hopedale (1)
J
- Jacksonville (2)
- Jerseyville (1)
- Joliet (2)
L
- La Grange (1)
- Lake Forest (1)
- Lawrenceville (1)
- Lemont (1)
- Libertyville (1)
- Lincoln (2)
- Litchfield (1)
M
- Macomb (1)
- Marion (4)
- Maryville (1)
- Mattoon (1)
- Maywood (3)
- McHenry (1)
- McLeansboro (1)
- Melrose Park (2)
- Mendota (1)
- Metropolis (2)
- Monmouth (1)
- Monticello (1)
- Morris (1)
- Morrison (2)
- Mt Carmel (1)
- Mt Vernon (2)
- Murphysboro (1)
N
- Naperville (2)
- Nashville (2)
- New Lenox (1)
- Normal (2)
- North Chicago (3)
- Northlake (1)
O
- Oak Forest (2)
- Oak Lawn (1)
- Oak Park (3)
- Olney (2)
- Olympia Fields (1)
- Ottawa (1)
P
- Palos Heights (1)
- Pana (1)
- Paris (1)
- Park Ridge (1)
- Pekin (1)
- Peoria (4)
- Peru (1)
- Pinckneyville (1)
- Pittsfield (1)
- Pontiac (2)
- Princeton (1)
Q
- Quincy (1)
S
- Salem (1)
- Sandwich (1)
- Schaumburg (1)
- Scott Air Force Base (1)
- Shelbyville (2)
- Silvis (2)
- Skokie (1)
- Sparta (1)
- Spring Valley (1)
- Springfield (3)
- Staunton (1)
- Sterling (1)
- Streamwood (1)
- Streator (1)
- Sycamore (1)
T
- Taylorville (1)
- Tinley Park (1)
U
- Urbana (2)
V
- Vandalia (1)
Z
- Zion (1)
People and health care in Illinois
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
12,694,798
Median age 39
Hospitals per 100,000
1.7
217 hospitals listed · #32 of 50 states
No health insurance
6.9%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
17%
about the U.S. rate
Median household income
$83,390
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Illinois
Questions about hospitals in Illinois
How many hospitals are in Illinois?
There are 217 open hospitals in Illinois across 156 cities. 186 of them have an emergency department.
Which Illinois city has the most hospitals?
Chicago, with 51 hospitals. Marion is next with 4.
How long is the ER wait in Illinois?
The median emergency room visit in Illinois lasts 2 hr 53 min, 25 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Illinois hospitals have 5 stars?
15 of the 141 Illinois hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 52 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.0 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.