US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 374: Digestive malignancy with mcc

$42,827typical hospital bill
$19,869typical amount paid
$15,333–$33,907range paid across 14 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,827 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
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth22$25,065$15,333
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly13$41,655$16,307
Emerson Hospital -W Concord14$38,182$16,734
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth12$26,757$17,326
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River22$44,153$17,562
North Shore Medical Center -Salem16$59,658$18,146
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton19$40,436$18,538
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington29$32,536$21,200
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield31$43,999$24,028
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis16$38,810$25,106
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston49$103,586$26,622
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester26$103,258$28,399
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston40$114,668$29,187
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston43$73,005$33,907

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.