US Health Care Costs

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 917: Poisoning and toxic effects of drugs with mcc

$38,126typical hospital bill
$15,443typical amount paid
$12,029–$42,241range paid across 24 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,126 for this stay in 2024, about 2.5 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
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford11$23,789$12,029
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro15$18,288$12,563
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth16$28,987$12,592
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton18$19,585$13,063
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River31$36,580$13,075
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River17$29,764$13,515
Lowell General HospitalLowell17$24,212$13,569
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke13$14,813$13,973
Holy Family HospitalMethuen14$30,472$13,975
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth32$28,163$14,113
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly18$46,488$15,101
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose13$21,332$15,328
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham13$98,305$15,557
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton22$50,128$15,694
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis46$29,005$16,555
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield24$39,671$17,506
North Shore Medical Center -Salem26$67,601$20,811
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington21$46,542$21,529
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield36$61,437$22,690
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston22$99,489$23,594
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston27$118,689$25,001
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston22$65,664$26,701
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester41$89,358$26,860
Boston Medical CenterBoston22$86,978$42,241

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.