US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in South Dakota

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$54,734typical hospital bill
$12,414typical amount paid
$11,649–$13,425range paid across 3 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,734 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 Falls18$57,623$11,649
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls15$52,894$12,414
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City23$54,734$13,425

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.