US Health Care Costs

Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Cc in South Dakota

MS-DRG 493: Lower extremity and humerus procedures except hip, foot and femur with cc

$76,235typical hospital bill
$20,100typical amount paid
$17,872–$23,181range paid across 3 hospitals

South Dakota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $76,235 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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 McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls24$104,898$17,872
Sanford Usd Medical CenterSioux Falls24$69,315$20,100
Monument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City14$76,235$23,181

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.