US Health Care Costs

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc in West Virginia

MS-DRG 191: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with cc

$25,100typical hospital bill
$6,778typical amount paid
$5,684–$7,530range paid across 7 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,100 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Weirton Medical Center, IncWeirton15$25,100$5,684
Princeton Community Hospital Assn IncPrinceton11$24,120$5,936
St Marys Medical CenterHuntington25$27,522$6,499
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley13$19,995$6,778
Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston23$36,004$7,238
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg16$23,293$7,306
Logan Regional Medical CenterLogan14$26,690$7,530

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.