US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Utah

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$31,768typical hospital bill
$8,272typical amount paid
$7,377–$11,947range paid across 13 hospitals

Utah hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,768 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Holy Cross Hospital-DavisLayton13$36,763$7,377
American Fork HospitalAmerican Fork17$27,518$7,907
Intermountain Health Logan Regional HospitalLogan13$29,639$8,030
Intermountain Health Utah Valley HospitalProvo45$31,768$8,036
Intermountain Health Alta View HospitalSandy13$22,368$8,214
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee HospitalOgden55$35,088$8,265
St. George Regional HospitalSt George74$32,283$8,272
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City17$51,268$8,339
Intermountain Health Riverton HospitalRiverton12$24,814$8,432
Intermountain Health Cedar City HospitalCedar City11$31,095$9,060
Lds HospitalSalt Lake City11$32,450$10,167
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray45$41,637$10,969
University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City44$28,302$11,947

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.