Kidney failure, with complications in Maine

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$21,478typical hospital bill

$7,794typical amount paid

$7,193–$12,311range paid across 9 hospitals

Maine hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,478 for this stay in 2024, about 2.8 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
Southern Maine Health Care	Biddeford	12	$22,484	$7,193
York Hospital	York	13	$21,478	$7,754
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital	Brunswick	15	$21,345	$7,762
St Mary's Regional Medical Center	Lewiston	12	$18,590	$7,777
Central Maine Medical Center	Lewiston	14	$19,390	$7,794
Northern Light Mercy Hospital	Portland	12	$25,347	$7,810
St Joseph Hospital	Bangor	13	$18,974	$7,927
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center	Portland	52	$27,817	$9,116
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	17	$37,393	$12,311

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.