Bowel surgery, with complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$65,280typical hospital bill

$16,853typical amount paid

$14,586–$23,413range paid across 12 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $65,280 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	31	$102,170	$14,586
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	32	$41,937	$15,022
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	57	$57,004	$15,185
Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	13	$45,948	$15,442
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	70	$71,719	$15,469
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto	Southaven	15	$81,567	$16,798
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	13	$154,916	$16,908
Bmh-Golden Triangle	Columbus	16	$51,931	$17,073
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	29	$58,711	$17,839
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford	20	$59,879	$18,122
Magnolia Regional Health Center	Corinth	19	$70,681	$18,583
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	32	$72,063	$23,413

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.