US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 388: Gastrointestinal obstruction with mcc

$28,568typical hospital bill
$13,158typical amount paid
$11,023–$23,235range paid across 21 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,568 for this stay in 2024, about 2.2 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
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth37$23,789$11,023
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth11$18,066$11,601
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton15$17,295$11,602
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth16$26,436$11,801
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton13$31,535$11,921
Lowell General HospitalLowell13$23,172$12,012
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford14$17,775$12,058
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River25$30,934$12,159
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro13$16,831$12,337
North Shore Medical Center -Salem12$32,821$12,525
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence12$23,581$13,158
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton14$42,600$13,755
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain15$44,703$14,605
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River13$22,114$14,644
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield22$31,483$14,895
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield21$27,730$15,916
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington13$28,568$15,928
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester21$48,896$18,547
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston37$91,330$20,432
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston53$106,783$21,889
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston17$44,101$23,235

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.