US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$58,776typical hospital bill
$15,371typical amount paid
$13,444–$30,422range paid across 12 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,776 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
St Joseph HospitalNashua11$42,588$13,444
Catholic Medical CenterManchester21$42,505$13,668
Parkland Medical CenterDerry16$79,000$13,702
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover38$64,586$14,053
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua20$43,859$14,756
Elliot HospitalManchester38$40,217$15,277
Concord HospitalConcord44$64,295$15,466
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth68$118,845$17,369
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia16$53,257$17,793
Cheshire Medical CenterKeene15$37,301$17,950
Exeter Hospital IncExeter16$64,564$19,044
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon81$108,177$30,422

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.