US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$24,147typical hospital bill
$7,127typical amount paid
$5,902–$10,151range paid across 11 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,147 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Parkland Medical CenterDerry18$48,246$5,902
Catholic Medical CenterManchester32$22,255$6,198
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover49$24,147$6,212
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua32$18,062$6,445
St Joseph HospitalNashua42$22,515$6,607
Concord HospitalConcord67$25,123$7,127
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia22$18,323$7,197
Elliot HospitalManchester35$21,721$7,260
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth22$55,163$7,693
Exeter Hospital IncExeter53$28,882$8,043
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon35$31,777$10,151

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.