US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in Oregon

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$39,175typical hospital bill
$16,274typical amount paid
$16,176–$23,482range paid across 3 hospitals

Oregon hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,175 for this stay in 2024, about 2.4 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
Providence St Vincent Medical CenterPortland23$39,175$16,176
Salem HospitalSalem11$36,793$16,274
St Charles Medical Center - BendBend16$64,835$23,482

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.