Kidney failure, with complications in Alaska

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$49,065typical hospital bill

$13,547typical amount paid

$9,134–$14,226range paid across 6 hospitals

Alaska hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,065 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Providence Alaska Medical Center	Anchorage	43	$49,984	$9,134
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center	Palmer	31	$71,466	$11,317
Alaska Native Medical Center	Anchorage	16	$48,147	$13,428
Central Peninsula General Hospital	Soldotna	11	$39,696	$13,666
Alaska Regional Hospital	Anchorage	30	$82,182	$14,098
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital	Fairbanks	18	$40,614	$14,226

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.