US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Utah

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

$46,576typical hospital bill
$12,858typical amount paid
$11,148–$19,033range paid across 10 hospitals

Utah hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,576 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Holy Cross Hospital-DavisLayton14$34,567$11,148
American Fork HospitalAmerican Fork16$31,267$11,512
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City22$77,287$11,803
Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan ValleyWest Jordan17$51,812$12,247
Intermountain Health Utah Valley HospitalProvo35$48,416$12,362
St. George Regional HospitalSt George45$36,764$13,354
Intermountain Health Layton HospitalLayton15$31,513$13,673
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee HospitalOgden18$73,148$14,965
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray59$54,056$16,533
University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City60$44,736$19,033

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.