US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$46,589typical hospital bill
$12,251typical amount paid
$11,200–$18,555range paid across 14 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,589 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
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian58$34,363$11,200
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula20$61,404$11,359
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson71$56,699$11,450
Southwest Ms Regional Medical CenterMcComb15$30,619$11,454
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson52$39,058$11,611
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg56$38,048$11,703
Merit Health River OaksFlowood11$139,609$12,114
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford38$49,086$12,388
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian11$44,093$12,561
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus31$39,052$12,699
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo71$39,805$12,848
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport52$143,327$13,556
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven65$75,512$13,571
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson29$64,430$18,555

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.