US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 391: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc

$24,891typical hospital bill
$11,427typical amount paid
$10,269–$22,828range paid across 41 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,891 for this stay in 2024, about 2.2 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
Emerson Hospital -W Concord24$22,786$10,269
Winchester HospitalWinchester36$18,937$10,309
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth25$28,844$10,378
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham19$21,536$10,440
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton27$12,946$10,444
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport12$16,493$10,543
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro15$20,418$10,554
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth137$19,944$10,557
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton12$20,901$10,649
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton25$20,060$10,654
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River14$25,495$10,704
Marlborough HospitalMarlborough15$35,520$10,834
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth61$19,171$10,902
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton35$19,238$10,902
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River91$29,466$11,196
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield15$21,823$11,239
Lowell General HospitalLowell31$30,062$11,256
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford25$15,975$11,280
Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer13$17,487$11,343
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke11$21,822$11,387
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose33$18,974$11,427
Holy Family HospitalMethuen16$12,434$11,607
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton62$28,812$11,868
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster20$41,618$11,902
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence19$19,423$12,101
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham21$52,188$12,820
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain45$36,375$12,909
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis61$24,891$13,257
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge23$20,617$13,664
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield27$21,772$13,839
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly31$37,832$13,842
St Vincent HospitalWorcester20$52,473$14,508
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield52$28,633$15,126
North Shore Medical Center -Salem60$43,365$16,034
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston103$72,854$16,784
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston92$66,559$17,038
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington40$34,424$17,713
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester59$61,781$17,809
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston80$35,602$18,890
Tufts Medical CenterBoston19$36,953$22,357
Boston Medical CenterBoston16$28,784$22,828

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.