US Health Care Costs

Acute Adjustment Reaction and Psychosocial Dysfunction in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 880: Acute adjustment reaction and psychosocial dysfunction

$26,681typical hospital bill
$11,052typical amount paid
$7,891–$19,851range paid across 11 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,681 for this stay in 2024, about 2.4 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 staysBilledPaid
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth23$15,964$7,891
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly16$17,613$7,993
North Shore Medical Center -Salem12$28,014$9,105
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton12$21,698$9,286
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield18$21,021$10,147
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington11$24,337$11,052
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston16$44,488$11,939
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston16$26,681$12,726
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester11$80,164$17,670
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston22$85,030$19,159
Boston Medical CenterBoston11$34,144$19,851

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.