US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Nebraska

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$32,987typical hospital bill
$7,803typical amount paid
$6,527–$14,161range paid across 12 hospitals

Nebraska hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,987 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
Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue35$26,591$6,527
Chi Health LakesideOmaha21$39,018$7,128
Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island18$22,466$7,387
Great Plains HealthNorth Platte11$35,929$7,612
Chi Health St. ElizabethLincoln14$34,081$7,720
The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha107$19,564$7,733
Bryan Medical CenterLincoln111$31,893$7,874
Chi Health Good SamaritanKearney16$30,934$8,232
Faith HealthNorfolk19$27,514$8,683
Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff30$42,370$9,385
Chi Health Bergan MercyOmaha29$39,135$10,659
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha53$38,916$14,161

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.