US Health Care Costs

Extracranial Procedures with Cc in North Dakota

MS-DRG 038: Extracranial procedures with cc

$63,808typical hospital bill
$13,198typical amount paid
$12,991–$13,405range paid across 2 hospitals

North Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,808 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Essentia HealthFargo19$50,308$12,991
Trinity HospitalsMinot11$77,309$13,405

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.