US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$34,088typical hospital bill
$10,485typical amount paid
$9,214–$15,810range paid across 13 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,088 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian11$25,795$9,214
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg24$34,088$9,632
Southwest Ms Regional Medical CenterMcComb11$25,781$9,743
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford35$40,202$10,109
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven47$40,422$10,219
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport17$113,934$10,358
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo23$26,667$10,485
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian14$20,875$10,512
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus19$29,886$10,667
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson19$60,464$10,823
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth19$21,155$10,938
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson18$67,245$12,100
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson21$43,875$15,810

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.