US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in Montana

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$41,465typical hospital bill
$16,872typical amount paid
$15,502–$17,346range paid across 5 hospitals

Montana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,465 for this stay in 2024, about 2.5 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
Logan Health Medical CenterKalispell11$41,465$15,502
St. Patrick HospitalMissoula13$39,467$16,259
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings14$48,005$16,872
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings19$28,870$16,910
Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls13$74,646$17,346

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.