US Health Care Costs

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 331: Major small and large bowel procedures without cc/mcc

$39,065typical hospital bill
$16,484typical amount paid
$13,736–$22,367range paid across 14 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,065 for this stay in 2024, about 2.4 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
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth11$53,503$13,736
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton13$32,189$14,000
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield16$27,616$14,119
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River17$52,992$14,163
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth12$24,234$14,514
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton30$44,994$15,470
Lowell General HospitalLowell15$30,583$15,741
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis12$40,130$17,227
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington17$28,257$17,734
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield25$38,000$19,154
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston46$70,375$20,403
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston40$73,418$21,057
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston26$29,412$21,242
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester28$57,333$22,367

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.