US Health Care Costs

Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia As Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a in Alabama

MS-DRG 837: Chemotherapy with acute leukemia as secondary diagnosis or with high dose chemotherapy a

$132,007average hospital bill
$59,544average amount paid

One Alabama hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $132,007, about 2.2 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham17$132,007$59,544

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.