US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$23,492typical hospital bill
$6,867typical amount paid
$6,057–$11,363range paid across 14 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,492 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson20$26,843$6,057
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian17$17,685$6,084
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel11$12,061$6,259
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg24$18,704$6,491
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson27$23,608$6,541
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula16$34,383$6,585
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford32$22,671$6,767
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport18$71,412$6,966
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven21$32,427$7,094
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo27$23,377$7,169
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus12$17,245$7,367
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth15$15,235$7,486
Delta Health System - the Medical CenterGreenville14$27,399$8,247
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson21$35,872$11,363

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.