Acute Leukemia with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay · 97 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $206,849
Typical charge
$270,555
Dearest quarter
over $426,675
Actually paid
$77,195
The middle U.S. hospital bills $270,555 for Acute Leukemia with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.1x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $77,195 per case.
These are charges, not quotes. What you pay depends on your insurance and your own case. The figures matter because the charge is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3 | $177,692 | $147,429 – $184,299 |
| Tennessee | 6 | $222,772 | $133,255 – $653,712 |
| North Carolina | 4 | $237,378 | $145,279 – $323,241 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $283,061 | $210,468 – $409,570 |
| Illinois | 3 | $283,275 | $255,868 – $446,381 |
| Texas | 8 | $287,004 | $182,828 – $940,891 |
| Virginia | 3 | $314,670 | $141,770 – $346,100 |
| Florida | 3 | $322,741 | $172,507 – $382,226 |
| New Jersey | 4 | $325,007 | $223,750 – $701,246 |
| California | 9 | $411,465 | $173,721 – $1,157,661 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | $510,591 | $218,297 – $697,963 |
| New York | 9 | $520,256 | $146,722 – $666,834 |
Where Acute Leukemia with Major Complications is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$108,039 | $94,767 |
|
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
Nashville, TN |
$133,255 | $41,558 |
|
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$133,889 | $122,817 |
|
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA |
$141,770 | $65,936 |
|
Unc Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC |
$145,279 | $70,580 |
|
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY |
$146,722 | $84,083 |
|
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH |
$147,429 | $52,911 |
|
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, ND |
$149,451 | $61,653 |
|
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Lebanon, NH |
$151,395 | $74,684 |
|
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE |
$157,328 | $55,223 |
|
University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
Iowa City, IA |
$163,997 | $56,597 |
|
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI |
$165,825 | $69,987 |
Where it is charged most
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$1,157,661 | $177,057 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$1,087,824 | $103,303 |
|
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX |
$940,891 | $64,568 |
|
Hca Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver, CO |
$940,414 | $78,594 |
|
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ |
$701,246 | $106,028 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$697,963 | $97,734 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$677,198 | $63,475 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$674,493 | $129,625 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$666,834 | $132,695 |
|
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY |
$662,865 | $128,943 |
|
Tristar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN |
$653,712 | $61,855 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$641,113 | $115,606 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Acute Leukemia with Major Complications?
Across 97 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Acute Leukemia with Major Complications is $270,555. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $206,849 and the dearest quarter over $426,675.
Why do hospitals charge such different amounts for the same procedure?
Because a hospital charge is a list price it sets itself, not a regulated rate. For Acute Leukemia with Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.1x what the cheapest tenth charge for the same coded work. Insurers negotiate their own rates from those lists, which is why the charge and what is actually paid can be very far apart.
Is that what I would actually pay?
No. $77,195 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $380,138. If you have insurance, your plan pays a negotiated rate and you pay your deductible and coinsurance. If you are uninsured or out of network, the hospital's charge is where your bill starts — which is why the gap matters. Ask for a written good-faith estimate before treatment.
What this code covers
CMS records this work as MS-DRG 834: “ACUTE LEUKEMIA WITH MCC”. A DRG covers a whole inpatient stay rather than a single item, so the charge includes the room, the procedure and the care around it. Codes that mention complications carry a different, usually higher price.