US Health Care Costs

Heart Failure and Shock with Cc in Montana

MS-DRG 292: Heart failure and shock with cc

$22,588typical hospital bill
$7,156typical amount paid
$7,024–$7,287range paid across 2 hospitals

Montana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $22,588 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls11$27,824$7,024
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings22$17,351$7,287

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.