Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Mississippi

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$38,089typical hospital bill

$7,601typical amount paid

$6,902–$11,637range paid across 17 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,089 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	31	$20,606	$6,902
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	73	$40,895	$6,958
South Central Reg Med Ctr	Laurel	18	$17,514	$7,226
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	100	$26,713	$7,244
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	20	$45,839	$7,260
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford	34	$34,902	$7,485
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County	New Albany	13	$38,089	$7,593
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	220	$42,430	$7,601
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto	Southaven	63	$43,773	$7,601
Singing River Gulfport	Gulfport	16	$65,604	$7,757
Bmh-Golden Triangle	Columbus	34	$35,471	$7,887
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	55	$103,216	$7,916
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital	Olive Branch	17	$38,256	$7,945
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	159	$32,652	$8,005
Magnolia Regional Health Center	Corinth	31	$15,257	$8,291
Merit Health Wesley	Hattiesburg	17	$95,573	$9,287
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	47	$36,941	$11,637

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.