US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$36,854typical hospital bill
$10,840typical amount paid
$9,700–$16,338range paid across 13 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,854 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover83$33,989$9,700
Catholic Medical CenterManchester45$37,247$10,018
Parkland Medical CenterDerry65$70,467$10,203
Elliot HospitalManchester150$29,946$10,591
St Joseph HospitalNashua55$37,270$10,617
Concord HospitalConcord121$33,952$10,750
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua108$26,296$10,840
Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester12$72,584$11,001
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia60$36,606$11,807
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth63$79,872$12,024
Cheshire Medical CenterKeene60$27,723$12,439
Exeter Hospital IncExeter47$36,854$13,552
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon82$53,648$16,338

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.