US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Idaho

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$26,499typical hospital bill
$7,388typical amount paid
$7,131–$8,018range paid across 3 hospitals

Idaho hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,499 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterBoise14$26,961$7,131
Kootenai HealthCoeur D'alene27$22,279$7,388
St Luke's Regional Medical CenterBoise26$26,499$8,018

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.