US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Cc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 920: Complications of treatment with cc

$24,133typical hospital bill
$11,865typical amount paid
$8,332–$16,132range paid across 12 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,133 for this stay in 2024, about 2.0 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
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth17$15,593$8,332
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River13$23,526$8,803
Lowell General HospitalLowell13$22,315$8,986
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton11$24,739$9,283
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis13$22,249$10,614
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield22$19,484$11,768
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington23$23,526$11,963
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester21$36,472$13,246
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston45$48,715$13,933
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston34$27,236$14,388
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston39$67,949$15,464
Tufts Medical CenterBoston12$37,712$16,132

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.