US Health Care Costs

Pleural Effusion with Cc in Delaware

MS-DRG 187: Pleural effusion with cc

$31,491average hospital bill
$9,449average amount paid

One Delaware hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $31,491, about 3.3 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Christiana HospitalNewark11$31,491$9,449

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.