US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 919: Complications of treatment with mcc

$41,084typical hospital bill
$19,827typical amount paid
$14,709–$31,528range paid across 14 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,084 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly17$35,362$14,709
Lowell General HospitalLowell12$41,890$14,788
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth20$25,006$14,816
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River16$22,744$14,945
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton11$45,136$16,686
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis13$32,535$18,801
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield16$34,519$19,522
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield25$31,938$20,132
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington29$45,998$21,545
Tufts Medical CenterBoston18$40,279$22,451
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester24$55,543$22,965
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston67$91,711$25,518
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston53$46,622$25,568
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston66$124,251$31,528

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.