US Health Care Costs

Fainting in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$30,077typical hospital bill
$7,091typical amount paid
$6,296–$10,317range paid across 11 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,077 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
Parkland Medical CenterDerry27$66,093$6,296
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover56$31,277$6,738
St Joseph HospitalNashua16$29,106$6,787
Catholic Medical CenterManchester34$30,077$6,794
Concord HospitalConcord33$28,515$6,980
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua25$26,044$7,091
Elliot HospitalManchester37$26,079$7,323
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia17$29,519$7,758
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth48$63,542$8,068
Exeter Hospital IncExeter19$30,958$9,444
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon16$34,033$10,317

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.