US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Mississippi

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$58,184typical hospital bill
$14,390typical amount paid
$13,066–$21,153range paid across 22 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,184 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
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian46$37,920$13,066
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula31$82,764$13,596
Southwest Ms Regional Medical CenterMcComb17$32,522$13,618
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson55$60,950$13,668
Merit Health River OaksFlowood21$225,558$13,784
Singing River GulfportGulfport20$118,387$13,919
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg96$52,342$13,996
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany18$67,938$14,080
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson57$48,593$14,181
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg12$136,406$14,320
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport60$136,076$14,321
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel16$36,627$14,460
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford56$55,418$14,642
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven46$79,532$14,647
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian19$43,582$14,828
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo93$50,178$14,832
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus32$49,539$14,964
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth49$76,961$15,921
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville28$28,650$16,332
Delta Health System - the Medical CenterGreenville11$45,089$16,905
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg20$129,586$17,208
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson43$73,238$21,153

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.