Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 614 · Inpatient stay · 42 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $81,194
Typical charge
$101,962
Dearest quarter
over $136,935
Actually paid
$28,509
The middle U.S. hospital bills $101,962 for Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.3x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $28,509 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.
Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 3 | $102,817 | $78,437 – $118,831 |
| New York | 3 | $136,652 | $98,667 – $194,229 |
| California | 4 | $143,260 | $102,320 – $373,838 |
Where Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc 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 |
$43,340 | $38,815 |
|
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$54,980 | $51,164 |
|
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC |
$60,236 | $24,867 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$62,746 | $19,084 |
|
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH |
$67,261 | $21,638 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$70,838 | $29,749 |
|
Uh Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH |
$77,705 | $22,167 |
|
University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics
Salt Lake City, UT |
$77,845 | $27,359 |
|
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL |
$78,437 | $24,127 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ |
$80,265 | $25,773 |
|
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
Greenville, SC |
$80,650 | $20,435 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |
$82,825 | $26,881 |
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 |
$373,838 | $41,545 |
|
O U Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK |
$370,216 | $41,927 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$194,229 | $29,661 |
|
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL |
$193,029 | $23,390 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$158,605 | $19,943 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$155,213 | $26,689 |
|
University Of Washington Medical Ctr
Seattle, WA |
$151,716 | $27,254 |
|
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$149,492 | $43,444 |
|
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN |
$142,122 | $31,288 |
|
St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ |
$137,700 | $29,918 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$137,029 | $39,602 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$136,652 | $31,863 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc?
Across 42 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc is $101,962. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $81,194 and the dearest quarter over $136,935.
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 Adrenal and Pituitary Procedures with Complications/mcc, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.3x 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. $28,509 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $123,704. 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 614: “ADRENAL AND PITUITARY PROCEDURES WITH CC/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.