US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$31,298typical hospital bill
$9,659typical amount paid
$8,496–$15,647range paid across 26 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,298 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Southwest Ms Regional Medical CenterMcComb15$23,728$8,496
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula23$62,879$8,550
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian30$27,478$8,568
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson109$45,712$8,729
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg58$32,942$8,947
Singing River GulfportGulfport15$71,285$9,083
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany14$37,028$9,163
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel17$20,060$9,203
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson88$37,705$9,218
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg11$69,933$9,301
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford120$29,624$9,369
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus39$23,057$9,429
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian18$23,170$9,651
Bolivar Medical CenterCleveland15$40,721$9,667
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory12$22,057$9,778
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo110$29,653$9,842
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport47$98,621$9,886
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven116$46,721$9,992
King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven20$17,394$10,299
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth46$25,574$10,414
University of Mississippi Medical Center- GrenadaGrenada17$22,932$10,472
Clay County Medical CorporationWest Point12$16,827$10,492
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg14$136,671$10,605
Delta Health System - the Medical CenterGreenville23$23,177$11,191
Merit Health NatchezNatchez13$83,290$11,916
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson68$50,808$15,647

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.