US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$113,559typical hospital bill
$49,559typical amount paid
$31,904–$80,778range paid across 19 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $113,559 for this stay in 2024, about 2.3 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
Winchester HospitalWinchester14$48,126$31,904
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly13$74,253$37,841
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River35$108,927$38,086
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth27$78,126$38,466
Lowell General HospitalLowell17$70,221$40,326
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton11$150,066$40,939
St Vincent HospitalWorcester16$197,894$44,262
North Shore Medical Center -Salem18$124,417$47,437
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis20$80,231$48,666
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield14$77,154$49,559
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge13$76,453$49,609
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington38$113,559$55,065
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield24$98,301$55,229
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester39$204,553$59,966
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston79$255,017$67,027
Tufts Medical CenterBoston11$172,902$67,115
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston53$282,919$74,825
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston49$156,530$79,967
Boston Medical CenterBoston21$168,350$80,778

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.