US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Vermont

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$34,871typical hospital bill
$7,021typical amount paid
$5,689–$8,353range paid across 2 hospitals

Vermont hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,871 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland13$31,898$5,689
Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington22$37,843$8,353

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.