US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in West Virginia

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$52,501typical hospital bill
$13,211typical amount paid
$10,439–$17,952range paid across 14 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $52,501 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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, IncWeirton14$37,792$10,439
Thomas Memorial HospitalSouth Charleston25$50,614$11,031
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg24$41,521$11,391
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley36$55,032$11,461
Princeton Community Hospital Assn IncPrinceton25$37,334$12,508
Mon Health Medical CenterMorgantown16$53,846$12,901
Berkeley Medical CenterMartinsburg21$42,715$12,953
Wheeling Hospital, IncWheeling24$51,156$13,468
United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport20$42,275$13,578
St Marys Medical CenterHuntington21$71,533$15,511
Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston52$84,992$16,104
West Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown49$59,908$16,531
Cabell Huntington Hospital, IncHuntington17$85,656$17,389
Beckley Arh HospitalBeckley11$100,204$17,952

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.