US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$27,413typical hospital bill
$14,260typical amount paid
$11,905–$30,177range paid across 46 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,413 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 - NeedhamNeedham42$23,488$11,905
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge17$19,071$12,357
Emerson Hospital -W Concord33$20,022$12,379
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield14$24,544$12,482
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield19$19,290$12,520
Winchester HospitalWinchester73$23,422$12,573
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton35$15,807$12,640
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth80$22,402$12,701
Baystate Noble HospitalWestfield12$16,940$12,832
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth138$24,784$12,897
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth59$27,845$12,912
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton28$26,929$13,041
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River15$22,329$13,131
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton30$16,116$13,170
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton25$17,810$13,221
Holy Family HospitalMethuen41$20,653$13,346
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke17$13,876$13,397
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport14$28,134$13,423
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford35$17,450$13,483
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly72$28,232$13,564
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River79$32,420$13,602
Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer16$19,345$14,122
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton123$37,533$14,234
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro42$24,121$14,287
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose32$21,267$14,290
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster28$41,064$14,401
North Shore Medical Center -Salem92$32,261$14,777
Lowell General HospitalLowell56$34,088$14,871
Marlborough HospitalMarlborough25$55,283$15,486
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence78$29,595$15,547
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham51$74,918$15,950
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain52$45,608$16,822
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis84$25,988$17,194
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge37$26,981$17,293
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield75$31,217$18,179
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington122$30,761$18,186
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton20$28,946$18,460
St Vincent HospitalWorcester24$75,552$18,887
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield143$31,454$19,104
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester121$61,121$21,090
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston122$83,542$21,200
Tufts Medical CenterBoston22$42,344$21,389
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston106$39,063$22,643
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge13$23,284$24,189
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston163$101,771$24,709
Boston Medical CenterBoston39$55,788$30,177

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.