Bowel surgery, with major complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$92,792typical hospital bill

$43,450typical amount paid

$33,762–$60,661range paid across 24 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,792 for this stay in 2024, about 2.1 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
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc	Northampton	16	$85,222	$33,762
Emerson Hospital -	W Concord	12	$69,571	$34,286
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	11	$79,476	$34,369
Sturdy Memorial Hospital	Attleboro	19	$67,648	$34,705
Falmouth Hospital	Falmouth	13	$89,912	$35,267
Mercy Medical Ctr	Springfield	15	$78,931	$36,259
Winchester Hospital	Winchester	15	$62,257	$37,527
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	38	$119,219	$37,535
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	44	$80,805	$38,108
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	14	$101,215	$40,442
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	12	$56,345	$42,060
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	26	$127,123	$42,416
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	23	$115,493	$44,483
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	29	$73,704	$46,985
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	91	$68,924	$47,509
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	33	$111,909	$47,830
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	52	$86,671	$48,674
Berkshire Medical Center	Pittsfield	27	$98,501	$51,629
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	60	$170,485	$52,623
Melrosewakefield Healthcare	Melrose	13	$105,816	$53,277
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	39	$135,276	$54,710
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	23	$155,033	$57,663
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	108	$196,810	$58,827
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	54	$95,672	$60,661

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.