US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$29,831typical hospital bill
$6,814typical amount paid
$6,501–$8,384range paid across 6 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,831 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover17$27,222$6,501
Parkland Medical CenterDerry12$58,867$6,526
Catholic Medical CenterManchester17$19,987$6,809
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua13$20,184$6,820
Concord HospitalConcord14$32,441$7,624
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth32$65,924$8,384

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.