US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 811: Red blood cell disorders with mcc

$45,100typical hospital bill
$12,647typical amount paid
$10,595–$17,128range paid across 9 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,100 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover23$36,846$10,595
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua23$38,564$11,122
Concord HospitalConcord18$35,806$11,714
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia17$39,074$12,558
Elliot HospitalManchester11$55,835$12,647
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth20$75,255$12,783
Catholic Medical CenterManchester15$57,082$14,039
Exeter Hospital IncExeter19$45,100$14,321
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon16$67,463$17,128

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.