US Health Care Costs

Pleural Effusion with Mcc in Alabama

MS-DRG 186: Pleural effusion with mcc

$77,798average hospital bill
$21,094average amount paid

One Alabama hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $77,798, about 3.7 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham15$77,798$21,094

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.