US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in South Dakota

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$54,219typical hospital bill
$14,572typical amount paid
$12,281–$17,269range paid across 3 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,219 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls24$54,219$12,281
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls15$48,599$14,572
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City12$73,790$17,269

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.