US Health Care Costs

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc in Montana

MS-DRG 854: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with cc

$41,989typical hospital bill
$16,093typical amount paid
$15,160–$16,720range paid across 5 hospitals

Montana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,989 for this stay in 2024, about 2.6 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
Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman12$41,989$15,160
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings18$36,282$15,911
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings28$51,421$16,093
St. Patrick HospitalMissoula23$34,740$16,152
Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls15$80,117$16,720

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.