US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$36,717typical hospital bill
$10,288typical amount paid
$9,430–$17,091range paid across 13 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,717 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Parkland Medical CenterDerry118$69,700$9,430
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover193$31,101$9,553
Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester18$52,369$9,770
Catholic Medical CenterManchester194$32,783$9,825
Elliot HospitalManchester177$30,226$10,071
St Joseph HospitalNashua137$33,245$10,145
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua141$27,992$10,288
Concord HospitalConcord191$40,717$10,765
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth95$61,112$11,509
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia100$36,717$11,590
Cheshire Medical CenterKeene88$34,029$12,101
Exeter Hospital IncExeter129$43,057$12,566
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon142$52,563$17,091

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.