US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in Idaho

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$41,575typical hospital bill
$12,645typical amount paid
$11,166–$13,311range paid across 3 hospitals

Idaho hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,575 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Kootenai HealthCoeur D'alene11$28,396$11,166
St Luke's Regional Medical CenterBoise19$41,575$12,645
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterBoise11$55,777$13,311

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.