US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in South Dakota

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$32,702typical hospital bill
$8,173typical amount paid
$7,540–$9,171range paid across 3 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,702 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 Falls19$29,683$7,540
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls26$32,702$8,173
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City32$41,911$9,171

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.