US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Utah

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$46,334typical hospital bill
$11,826typical amount paid
$10,069–$23,484range paid across 11 hospitals

Utah hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,334 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Intermountain Health Logan Regional HospitalLogan13$32,751$10,069
Holy Cross Hospital-DavisLayton16$46,334$10,484
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee HospitalOgden43$47,056$10,988
Ogden Regional Medical CenterOgden16$43,580$11,512
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City28$55,423$11,553
Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan ValleyWest Jordan19$40,154$11,826
Intermountain Health Utah Valley HospitalProvo49$50,736$11,996
St. George Regional HospitalSt George76$35,653$12,024
Lds HospitalSalt Lake City11$43,964$12,813
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray43$48,473$15,874
University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City37$57,506$23,484

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.