US Health Care Costs

Interstitial Lung Disease with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 196: Interstitial lung disease with mcc

$32,587typical hospital bill
$16,994typical amount paid
$13,586–$29,637range paid across 11 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,587 for this stay in 2024, about 1.9 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
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth13$15,740$13,586
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth24$18,372$13,869
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly16$22,044$14,205
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River14$32,587$14,735
North Shore Medical Center -Salem24$34,216$16,842
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton18$42,865$16,994
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain11$29,622$17,767
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington24$31,352$20,855
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston25$124,208$28,056
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston33$142,131$28,077
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston26$66,755$29,637

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.