US Health Care Costs

Postoperative and Post-Traumatic Infections with Mcc in Mississippi

MS-DRG 862: Postoperative and post-traumatic infections with mcc

$49,517typical hospital bill
$13,016typical amount paid
$9,813–$17,782range paid across 4 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,517 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg11$30,261$9,813
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson12$47,364$11,238
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson16$91,898$14,794
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson15$51,670$17,782

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.