US Health Care Costs

Heart Failure and Shock with Cc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 292: Heart failure and shock with cc

$23,080typical hospital bill
$9,336typical amount paid
$6,976–$17,379range paid across 12 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,080 for this stay in 2024, about 2.5 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
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth22$16,885$6,976
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River14$20,289$7,325
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton12$28,937$7,913
Lowell General HospitalLowell11$14,154$8,006
North Shore Medical Center -Salem14$23,180$8,209
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis11$18,329$8,861
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield28$19,175$9,811
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston22$22,981$12,199
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston15$41,425$12,523
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester19$45,638$12,603
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston17$50,365$12,924
Boston Medical CenterBoston11$29,518$17,379

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.