US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$24,912typical hospital bill
$12,709typical amount paid
$10,951–$30,715range paid across 31 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,912 for this stay in 2024, about 2.0 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
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton17$18,033$10,951
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton35$17,571$11,014
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth11$31,973$11,065
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham11$22,092$11,161
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro15$17,785$11,223
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth22$22,239$11,239
Winchester HospitalWinchester14$20,447$11,249
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly18$21,907$11,600
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River22$23,569$11,700
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth53$20,710$11,828
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield16$21,928$12,067
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton19$19,422$12,110
Holy Family HospitalMethuen30$21,117$12,254
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose23$20,016$12,297
Lowell General HospitalLowell30$25,034$12,477
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton24$37,622$12,709
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River44$39,161$13,229
North Shore Medical Center -Salem38$38,230$13,231
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain23$42,207$13,865
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis32$25,323$14,951
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence13$22,791$15,244
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge17$24,912$15,338
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington34$38,400$15,858
St Vincent HospitalWorcester22$65,789$16,215
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield51$25,557$16,484
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield20$23,247$17,251
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston26$75,771$17,554
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston39$42,841$20,188
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester39$67,581$20,195
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston40$109,430$22,640
Boston Medical CenterBoston16$69,903$30,715

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.