US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Montana

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

$32,851typical hospital bill
$12,834typical amount paid
$12,170–$15,819range paid across 8 hospitals

Montana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,851 for this stay in 2024, about 2.6 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
Logan Health Medical CenterKalispell26$41,472$12,170
Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman14$38,407$12,295
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings38$27,296$12,695
St Peters HealthHelena15$26,901$12,785
St. Patrick HospitalMissoula37$21,741$12,883
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings12$22,941$13,217
Benefis Hospitals IncGreat Falls31$46,116$13,243
St James HospitalButte32$41,136$15,819

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.