US Health Care Costs

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc in South Dakota

MS-DRG 282: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive without cc/mcc

$37,290typical hospital bill
$6,301typical amount paid
$5,050–$7,491range paid across 4 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,290 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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
Avera St LukesAberdeen13$31,895$5,050
Avera Heart Hospital of South DakotaSioux Falls11$37,013$5,611
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City11$37,567$6,991
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls24$38,610$7,491

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.