US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Delaware

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$32,107typical hospital bill
$9,091typical amount paid
$8,061–$9,789range paid across 5 hospitals

Delaware hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,107 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Beebe Medical CenterLewes108$35,553$8,061
Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent CampusDover70$32,104$8,778
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex CampusMilford24$32,107$9,091
Christiana HospitalNewark251$32,983$9,567
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.Seaford40$19,728$9,789

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.