US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$17,697typical hospital bill
$6,821typical amount paid
$6,049–$9,639range paid across 19 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $17,697 for this stay in 2024, about 2.6 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
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton18$11,855$6,049
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth20$14,069$6,192
Winchester HospitalWinchester31$10,453$6,326
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth57$14,711$6,345
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River23$13,370$6,385
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton27$13,189$6,458
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River17$17,697$6,466
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly36$17,729$6,589
Lowell General HospitalLowell14$18,436$6,620
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton29$24,761$6,821
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose16$18,864$6,875
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster15$24,695$6,950
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield14$15,338$6,976
North Shore Medical Center -Salem25$25,501$7,183
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain12$33,045$7,566
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis21$24,324$7,730
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge11$14,576$7,934
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield13$13,868$8,419
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester15$33,267$9,639

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.