US Health Care Costs

Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 896: Alcohol, drug abuse or dependence without rehabilitation therapy with mcc

$30,341typical hospital bill
$18,275typical amount paid
$14,367–$27,716range paid across 17 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,341 for this stay in 2024, about 1.7 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
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth13$28,842$14,367
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth24$29,309$14,659
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly19$28,477$14,735
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton15$26,979$14,820
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton12$33,164$16,185
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton16$29,270$16,396
North Shore Medical Center -Salem34$44,293$16,436
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence11$30,043$17,240
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River31$46,955$18,275
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis29$28,069$18,369
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth37$30,341$18,509
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain22$36,156$18,913
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield28$25,863$19,461
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield25$32,221$20,011
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston28$106,897$24,660
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester39$81,000$26,434
Boston Medical CenterBoston16$41,044$27,716

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.