Heart attack, with complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$30,227typical hospital bill

$6,867typical amount paid

$6,183–$7,311range paid across 12 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,227 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	11	$35,670	$6,183
Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	11	$21,090	$6,302
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	26	$21,048	$6,661
South Central Reg Med Ctr	Laurel	11	$16,624	$6,700
Merit Health River Oaks	Flowood	13	$99,805	$6,749
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	23	$26,050	$6,866
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford	34	$28,589	$6,869
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	12	$102,447	$7,100
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	13	$45,365	$7,123
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	16	$31,866	$7,197
Ochsner Rush Hospital	Meridian	18	$18,001	$7,253
Merit Health River Region	Vicksburg	16	$107,178	$7,311

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.