US Health Care Costs

Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale in West Virginia

MS-DRG 175: Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale

$41,772typical hospital bill
$10,253typical amount paid
$8,931–$14,953range paid across 9 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,772 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Mon Health Medical CenterMorgantown11$28,912$8,931
Raleigh General HospitalBeckley11$42,020$9,001
Princeton Community Hospital Assn IncPrinceton20$25,506$9,867
St Marys Medical CenterHuntington12$36,227$10,237
Wheeling Hospital, IncWheeling19$33,201$10,253
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg23$45,181$10,614
United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport24$41,772$10,817
West Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown40$46,234$13,572
Charleston Area Medical CenterCharleston42$79,610$14,953

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.