Hospice market for funeral homes in Illinois
150 hospices have an office in Illinois and cared for 59,921 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Illinois market
By ownership
- For-profit: 101
- Nonprofit: 33
- Government and nonprofit: 3
- Government: 5
- Other ownership: 8
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1Advocate HospiceOak Brook · Government and nonprofit2,980
- 2Journeycare - BarringtonBarrington · Nonprofit2,503
- 3Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness CareJoliet · Nonprofit2,418
- 4Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of IllinoisRosemont · For-profit2,276
- 5Residential HospiceLisle · Other ownership1,885
- 6Suncrest Hospice IllinoisNorthbrook · For-profit1,718
- 7Unity Hospice of ChicagolandChicago · For-profit1,647
- 8Hospice of Southern IllinoisBelleville · Nonprofit1,555
- 9Residential HospiceNorthbrook · Nonprofit1,416
- 10Osf HospicePeoria · Nonprofit1,292
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amenity Health CareAddison | For-profit | 30 | 234 | +98.3% |
| Haven Hospice IlMarshall | For-profit | 33 | 189 | +78.9% |
| Breeze HospiceShiloh | For-profit | 49 | 174 | +52.6% |
| United HospicePark Ridge | For-profit | 104 | 303 | +42.8% |
| St Croix Hospice LombardLombard | For-profit | 261 | 649 | +35.5% |
| St Croix HospiceRockford | For-profit | 87 | 207 | +33.5% |
| Chicago Hope & Palliative HealthcarePalos Hills | For-profit | 43 | 100 | +32.5% |
| Capital Hospice & Palliative CareOakbrook Terrace | For-profit | 148 | 332 | +30.9% |
| GentivaSpringfield | For-profit | 294 | 646 | +30.0% |
| Suncrest Hospice IllinoisNorthbrook | For-profit | 844 | 1,718 | +26.7% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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