US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Delaware

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$57,700typical hospital bill
$15,134typical amount paid
$13,831–$22,078range paid across 5 hospitals

Delaware hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,700 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
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex CampusMilford14$41,297$13,831
Beebe Medical CenterLewes49$57,700$13,943
Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent CampusDover34$59,416$15,134
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.Seaford20$22,627$17,609
Christiana HospitalNewark152$63,939$22,078

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.