US Health Care Costs

Other Respiratory System Diagnoses Without Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 206: Other respiratory system diagnoses without mcc

$19,631typical hospital bill
$9,902typical amount paid
$7,191–$11,972range paid across 9 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $19,631 for this stay in 2024, about 2.0 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$16,563$7,191
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River12$16,372$7,618
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly11$18,241$7,640
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton12$24,049$8,190
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington12$15,987$9,902
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield15$19,631$10,051
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston28$49,453$11,613
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston16$57,029$11,929
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston12$29,204$11,972

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.