US Health Care Costs

Other Digestive System O.r. Procedures with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 356: Other digestive system o.r. procedures with mcc

$167,371typical hospital bill
$57,872typical amount paid
$32,780–$75,183range paid across 8 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $167,371 for this stay in 2024, about 2.9 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 Weymouth13$63,991$32,780
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis14$123,839$43,962
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield17$66,114$44,220
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston20$213,722$55,616
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston30$225,767$60,128
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester15$205,351$60,587
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston17$129,391$66,493
Tufts Medical CenterBoston11$217,255$75,183

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.