US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc in South Dakota

MS-DRG 388: Gastrointestinal obstruction with mcc

$74,638typical hospital bill
$13,918typical amount paid
$12,408–$15,427range paid across 2 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,638 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls23$74,684$12,408
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City21$74,593$15,427

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.