US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$18,073typical hospital bill
$8,624typical amount paid
$7,505–$13,711range paid across 34 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $18,073 for this stay in 2024, about 2.1 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 Concord13$15,754$7,505
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham14$13,452$7,521
Winchester HospitalWinchester30$18,299$7,638
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton15$11,087$7,677
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River16$16,982$7,710
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth40$14,241$7,794
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport12$13,156$7,803
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro14$14,595$7,868
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly41$18,311$7,888
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton15$16,813$7,960
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton15$12,546$7,969
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River55$25,529$7,997
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth77$17,847$8,101
Lowell General HospitalLowell33$19,356$8,153
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford19$13,981$8,185
Holy Family HospitalMethuen21$14,637$8,297
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton62$22,598$8,624
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster15$23,040$8,624
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield14$15,860$9,006
North Shore Medical Center -Salem52$23,249$9,246
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield11$15,655$9,463
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain23$21,624$9,496
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis45$19,319$9,690
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield15$20,173$10,120
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington64$17,587$10,282
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge17$13,573$10,590
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield48$22,497$10,759
St Vincent HospitalWorcester12$49,332$10,861
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton16$15,776$11,546
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester48$40,542$12,802
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston92$50,178$12,938
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston59$25,585$13,361
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston89$56,155$13,424
Tufts Medical CenterBoston16$27,154$13,711

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.