US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Arizona

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$58,269typical hospital bill
$11,580typical amount paid
$10,402–$17,458range paid across 15 hospitals

Arizona hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,269 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Banner Baywood Medical CenterMesa14$45,441$10,402
Banner Boswell Medical CenterSun City18$42,484$10,504
Banner Del E. Webb Medical CenterSun City West21$52,904$10,597
Chandler Regional Medical CenterChandler23$68,815$10,916
Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterGilbert14$103,503$11,081
Tucson Medical CenterTucson17$50,281$11,095
Northwest Medical CenterTucson13$80,804$11,135
Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical CenterPhoenix11$62,817$11,580
Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med CtrScottsdale11$80,826$12,248
Yavapai Regional Medical CenterPrescott12$58,269$12,538
Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma17$49,377$12,594
Banner Thunderbird Medical CenterGlendale15$58,506$12,696
Banner Estrella Medical CenterPhoenix13$49,494$13,864
St Josephs Hospital and Medical CenterPhoenix15$62,592$17,353
Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix24$44,304$17,458

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.