US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Mcc in South Dakota

MS-DRG 374: Digestive malignancy with mcc

$95,522typical hospital bill
$18,298typical amount paid
$18,051–$18,545range paid across 2 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $95,522 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls15$97,724$18,051
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls15$93,321$18,545

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.