US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Utah

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$31,379typical hospital bill
$7,498typical amount paid
$7,141–$11,133range paid across 5 hospitals

Utah hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,379 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City12$41,839$7,141
St. George Regional HospitalSt George16$22,329$7,240
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee HospitalOgden12$31,379$7,498
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray23$37,472$9,928
University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City23$23,987$11,133

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.