US Health Care Costs

Pleural Effusion with Mcc in Montana

MS-DRG 186: Pleural effusion with mcc

$36,201average hospital bill
$14,585average amount paid

One Montana hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $36,201, about 2.5 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings12$36,201$14,585

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.