US Health Care Costs

Seizures in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$34,646typical hospital bill
$8,286typical amount paid
$6,466–$11,895range paid across 6 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,646 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Catholic Medical CenterManchester12$31,630$6,466
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover11$35,213$7,053
St Joseph HospitalNashua12$26,370$7,300
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth22$65,471$9,273
Concord HospitalConcord20$34,078$9,643
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon54$51,843$11,895

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.