US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders in Mississippi

MS-DRG 392: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

$21,274typical hospital bill
$6,120typical amount paid
$5,309–$9,993range paid across 24 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,274 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson75$31,779$5,309
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel35$14,912$5,496
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson73$22,607$5,648
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian33$19,368$5,662
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula33$37,128$5,737
Southwest Ms Regional Medical CenterMcComb19$14,499$5,769
Yalobusha General HospitalWater Valley11$6,125$5,803
Merit Health River OaksFlowood25$82,249$5,831
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg90$19,941$6,002
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany12$18,162$6,067
King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven11$15,832$6,104
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus27$18,827$6,118
Singing River GulfportGulfport13$60,825$6,123
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven65$31,960$6,148
Tishomingo Health Services IncIuka21$16,455$6,195
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory26$22,935$6,213
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg23$69,089$6,305
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo84$19,440$6,397
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian11$17,641$6,463
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford38$23,371$6,599
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth28$12,601$6,643
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport56$71,946$6,652
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg22$71,485$7,110
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson25$25,893$9,993

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.