US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Alaska

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$78,188typical hospital bill
$9,038typical amount paid
$8,505–$9,572range paid across 2 hospitals

Alaska hospitals billed Medicare a typical $78,188 for this stay in 2024, about 8.7 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
Alaska Regional HospitalAnchorage15$85,912$8,505
Providence Alaska Medical CenterAnchorage14$70,464$9,572

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.