US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$32,784typical hospital bill
$14,014typical amount paid
$9,726–$17,564range paid across 10 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,784 for this stay in 2024, about 2.3 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth11$22,124$9,726
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Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River17$34,767$9,863
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South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth25$20,900$10,111
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Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton18$28,837$10,773
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Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield25$28,523$13,782
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Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington19$34,818$14,246
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Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester14$36,077$14,318
$52,040$12,494$7,584–$15,452 · 20 plans
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston20$30,801$16,518
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Massachusetts General HospitalBoston36$60,773$17,019
$43,852$11,715only 1 plan
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston34$49,489$17,564
$34,683$11,414only 1 plan

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.