US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 418: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with cc

$92,867typical hospital bill
$18,246typical amount paid
$12,316–$29,014range paid across 4 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,867 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover15$94,889$12,316
Elliot HospitalManchester13$54,313$12,928
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon25$90,846$23,564
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth14$150,675$29,014

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.