US Health Care Costs

Nervous System Neoplasms with Mcc in Delaware

MS-DRG 054: Nervous system neoplasms with mcc

$56,961typical hospital bill
$15,202typical amount paid
$14,056–$16,347range paid across 2 hospitals

Delaware hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,961 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent CampusDover16$50,444$14,056
Christiana HospitalNewark40$63,478$16,347

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.