Medical Back Problems with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 551: Medical back problems with mcc

$31,247typical hospital bill

$15,977typical amount paid

$12,099–$28,783range paid across 19 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,247 for this stay in 2024, about 2.0 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Winchester Hospital	Winchester	12	$21,281	$12,099
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	71	$31,247	$13,010
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	14	$22,872	$13,101
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	15	$22,645	$13,311
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	11	$30,242	$13,399
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	29	$31,043	$13,921
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	22	$37,705	$14,586
Falmouth Hospital	Falmouth	17	$28,009	$14,652
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	23	$34,186	$14,777
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	11	$30,070	$15,977
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	31	$25,833	$17,573
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	22	$35,762	$18,482
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	25	$33,427	$18,696
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	16	$29,330	$19,901
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	16	$33,125	$20,087
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	32	$73,167	$20,493
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	31	$91,427	$21,881
Boston Medical Center	Boston	12	$48,827	$25,637
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	28	$135,697	$28,783

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.