US Health Care Costs

Nervous System Neoplasms with Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 054: Nervous system neoplasms with mcc

$56,900typical hospital bill
$10,499typical amount paid
$9,276–$18,129range paid across 5 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,900 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville11$56,900$9,276
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood17$45,759$10,313
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville30$56,616$10,499
University of Louisville HospitalLouisville16$75,423$16,540
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington13$79,676$18,129

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.