US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in West Virginia

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$32,116typical hospital bill
$7,510typical amount paid
$6,529–$10,648range paid across 16 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,116 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Weirton Medical Center, IncWeirton28$31,788$6,529
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley27$36,587$6,766
Princeton Community Hospital Assn IncPrinceton22$31,636$6,907
Thomas Memorial HospitalSouth Charleston34$29,390$6,911
Mon Health Medical CenterMorgantown38$33,388$7,005
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, IncGlen Dale13$22,045$7,056
Berkeley Medical CenterMartinsburg26$24,915$7,126
Davis Medical CenterElkins18$17,650$7,423
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg38$33,191$7,597
St Marys Medical CenterHuntington51$41,333$7,620
United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport31$29,956$7,624
Wheeling Hospital, IncWheeling38$25,199$7,644
Beckley Arh HospitalBeckley14$40,271$7,791
Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston76$47,686$9,509
West Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown48$32,444$10,183
Cabell Huntington Hospital, IncHuntington35$51,074$10,648

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.