US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$34,198typical hospital bill
$9,330typical amount paid
$8,371–$14,449range paid across 11 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,198 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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 CenterDerry20$54,229$8,371
Catholic Medical CenterManchester39$26,115$8,609
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua26$29,932$8,651
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover49$33,921$8,992
St Joseph HospitalNashua33$30,360$9,125
Elliot HospitalManchester58$29,992$9,330
Concord HospitalConcord44$34,198$9,625
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia27$34,793$10,540
Exeter Hospital IncExeter39$35,240$11,023
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth36$93,152$11,040
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon31$47,316$14,449

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.