US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in Montana

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$92,402typical hospital bill
$32,430typical amount paid
$31,900–$36,186range paid across 5 hospitals

Montana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,402 for this stay in 2024, about 2.8 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
Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls17$105,294$31,900
Logan Health Medical CenterKalispell17$90,209$32,382
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings30$92,402$32,430
St. Patrick HospitalMissoula21$59,302$33,469
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings47$101,253$36,186

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.