US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in West Virginia

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$29,745typical hospital bill
$7,151typical amount paid
$6,094–$11,152range paid across 9 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,745 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Mon Health Medical CenterMorgantown13$30,541$6,094
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley11$29,745$6,143
Thomas Memorial HospitalSouth Charleston11$26,941$6,180
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg17$28,616$6,823
Wheeling Hospital, IncWheeling15$23,508$7,151
St Marys Medical CenterHuntington14$27,181$7,384
United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport19$30,195$7,623
Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston19$45,071$8,618
West Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown37$33,390$11,152

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.