US Health Care Costs

Other Digestive System Diagnoses Without Cc/Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 395: Other digestive system diagnoses without cc/mcc

$17,448typical hospital bill
$6,981typical amount paid
$5,312–$10,718range paid across 5 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $17,448 for this stay in 2024, about 2.5 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
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth15$12,114$5,312
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly12$17,448$5,545
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington13$11,428$6,981
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston17$30,019$9,130
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston11$22,689$10,718

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.