US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Utah

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$29,033typical hospital bill
$8,141typical amount paid
$7,451–$11,777range paid across 5 hospitals

Utah hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,033 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
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City11$52,091$7,451
St. George Regional HospitalSt George26$28,788$8,119
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee HospitalOgden16$29,033$8,141
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray11$26,360$9,765
University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City30$32,808$11,777

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.