Delirium and other mental confusion in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$31,762typical hospital bill

$15,043typical amount paid

$11,393–$35,387range paid across 28 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,762 for this stay in 2024, about 2.1 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Winchester Hospital	Winchester	19	$15,084	$11,393
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham	Needham	11	$30,616	$11,987
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	45	$20,771	$12,301
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	61	$17,105	$12,533
Saint Anne's Hospital	Fall River	38	$17,173	$12,784
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton	Milton	27	$22,545	$12,985
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	29	$35,678	$12,990
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	31	$24,408	$13,364
Sturdy Memorial Hospital	Attleboro	19	$29,477	$13,450
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	21	$43,442	$13,887
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals	Leominster	14	$25,624	$14,032
Baystate Wing Hospital	Palmer	13	$25,751	$14,236
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	16	$22,501	$14,368
Holy Family Hospital	Methuen	15	$21,289	$14,578
Metrowest Medical Center	Framingham	13	$57,873	$15,509
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital	Jamaica Plain	35	$34,307	$15,588
Brown University Health Morton Hospital	Taunton	20	$41,431	$15,606
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	33	$39,314	$16,415
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	82	$42,206	$16,423
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	18	$33,951	$16,833
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	12	$35,551	$17,790
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	33	$32,909	$18,208
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	53	$23,850	$18,610
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	25	$28,628	$20,660
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	58	$131,370	$27,321
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	24	$112,653	$30,238
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	37	$124,673	$34,332
Boston Medical Center	Boston	14	$64,003	$35,387

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.