US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications in West Virginia

MS-DRG 811: Red blood cell disorders with mcc

$45,345typical hospital bill
$10,365typical amount paid
$8,879–$14,948range paid across 11 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,345 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Mon Health Medical CenterMorgantown14$45,345$8,879
Weirton Medical Center, IncWeirton26$46,026$9,102
Princeton Community Hospital Assn IncPrinceton17$32,943$9,812
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg19$62,194$9,898
Wheeling Hospital, IncWheeling14$31,046$10,317
Berkeley Medical CenterMartinsburg22$28,201$10,365
United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport17$35,417$10,737
St Marys Medical CenterHuntington14$39,180$11,629
Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston33$62,849$12,658
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley22$56,368$13,292
West Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown19$46,479$14,948

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.