US Health Care Costs

Newborn care (healthy baby) in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 795: Normal newborn

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston–––$6,445–
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester–––$11,480$2,689$2,506–$3,082 · 19 plans

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.