US Health Care Costs

Bone Diseases and Arthropathies Without Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 554: Bone diseases and arthropathies without mcc

$14,791typical hospital bill
$7,514typical amount paid
$6,718–$12,550range paid across 16 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $14,791 for this stay in 2024, about 2.0 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
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton13$9,062$6,718
Winchester HospitalWinchester13$14,202$6,767
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth36$11,994$6,840
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly19$13,905$6,915
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth17$13,561$6,941
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton13$12,947$7,087
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River13$15,381$7,154
Holy Family HospitalMethuen12$11,105$7,266
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton20$21,411$7,762
North Shore Medical Center -Salem21$17,372$7,976
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain14$21,434$8,272
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis13$20,626$8,537
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington17$14,013$9,090
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston12$19,437$11,300
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston25$44,119$11,532
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston23$44,940$12,550

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.