US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$46,920typical hospital bill
$12,671typical amount paid
$10,730–$18,798range paid across 11 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,920 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover49$35,357$10,730
Catholic Medical CenterManchester21$46,920$11,122
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua35$37,756$11,224
Elliot HospitalManchester32$41,186$11,635
St Joseph HospitalNashua28$34,219$11,664
Parkland Medical CenterDerry26$71,528$12,671
Concord HospitalConcord27$56,401$12,978
Cheshire Medical CenterKeene22$34,837$13,756
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth42$86,156$17,097
Exeter Hospital IncExeter28$51,701$17,685
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon33$60,796$18,798

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.