US Health Care Costs

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

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

$170,785typical hospital bill
$52,501typical amount paid
$39,808–$65,195range paid across 2 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $170,785 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Concord HospitalConcord12$171,334$39,808
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon29$170,237$65,195

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.