US Health Care Costs

Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 963: Other multiple significant trauma with mcc

$117,577typical hospital bill
$25,859typical amount paid
$24,926–$26,793range paid across 2 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $117,577 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington17$117,066$24,926
University of Louisville HospitalLouisville12$118,087$26,793

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.