US Health Care Costs

Urinary Stones Without Mcc in West Virginia

MS-DRG 694: Urinary stones without mcc

$20,864typical hospital bill
$5,427typical amount paid
$5,263–$5,590range paid across 2 hospitals

West Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $20,864 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
Weirton Medical Center, IncWeirton11$14,590$5,263
Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburg11$27,139$5,590

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.