US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Mississippi

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

$39,727typical hospital bill
$11,435typical amount paid
$9,882–$19,040range paid across 20 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,727 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian26$27,514$9,882
Southwest Ms Regional Medical CenterMcComb11$22,112$10,260
Singing River GulfportGulfport12$93,413$10,585
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany16$42,213$10,661
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg73$31,599$10,671
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson67$62,294$10,855
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson74$44,041$10,988
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch HospitalOlive Branch12$35,703$11,045
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport34$99,818$11,255
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford89$37,241$11,310
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula26$83,373$11,560
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus28$32,878$11,632
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian15$35,916$11,683
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo62$35,935$11,805
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth15$19,139$12,096
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven74$45,280$12,407
King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven16$24,519$13,066
Merit Health NatchezNatchez11$103,770$14,853
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg14$158,185$15,088
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson68$61,369$19,040

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.