US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Nebraska

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$56,037typical hospital bill
$14,236typical amount paid
$10,883–$19,317range paid across 13 hospitals

Nebraska hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,037 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 CenterBellevue12$42,961$10,883
Kearney Regional Medical CenterKearney13$46,116$11,035
Chi Health LakesideOmaha24$63,109$12,206
Chi Health St. ElizabethLincoln19$51,086$12,504
The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha32$45,624$13,614
Great Plains HealthNorth Platte12$48,477$13,794
Bryan Medical CenterLincoln48$56,037$14,236
Chi Health Good SamaritanKearney17$57,419$15,742
Faith HealthNorfolk17$45,222$15,773
Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff18$68,969$15,843
Chi Health ImmanuelOmaha19$63,082$15,899
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha52$61,228$18,469
Chi Health Bergan MercyOmaha24$77,220$19,317

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.