US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in South Dakota

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

$54,681typical hospital bill
$13,271typical amount paid
$11,416–$16,088range paid across 4 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,681 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Avera St LukesAberdeen18$40,162$11,416
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls64$55,851$12,884
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls40$55,089$13,658
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City47$54,272$16,088

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.