US Health Care Costs

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders Without Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 074: Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders without mcc

$25,398typical hospital bill
$11,574typical amount paid
$8,445–$16,553range paid across 14 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,398 for this stay in 2024, about 2.2 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
Winchester HospitalWinchester16$13,965$8,445
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth38$16,107$8,504
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River14$20,171$8,517
Lowell General HospitalLowell11$20,357$8,956
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton19$30,789$9,465
North Shore Medical Center -Salem20$23,799$9,805
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington18$24,197$11,401
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield26$22,877$11,748
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain21$54,145$12,457
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis13$26,599$12,868
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester18$33,947$13,605
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston29$64,892$14,019
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston29$69,244$14,797
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston26$39,904$16,553

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.