Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay · 502 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $21,168
Typical charge
$32,548
Dearest quarter
over $49,867
Actually paid
$9,195
The middle U.S. hospital bills $32,548 for Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $9,195 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.
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 16 | $11,368 | $5,252 – $21,585 |
| Mississippi | 4 | $11,850 | $6,143 – $19,008 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | $16,073 | $12,040 – $25,266 |
| Massachusetts | 35 | $18,326 | $9,043 – $79,526 |
| Alabama | 8 | $18,885 | $7,327 – $31,421 |
| Kentucky | 7 | $19,991 | $13,427 – $40,709 |
| Utah | 3 | $20,818 | $20,599 – $40,767 |
| North Carolina | 14 | $22,104 | $5,242 – $33,926 |
| Indiana | 8 | $22,667 | $16,610 – $37,178 |
| Iowa | 10 | $22,910 | $15,799 – $36,513 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | $22,985 | $19,757 – $41,067 |
| Missouri | 11 | $23,378 | $14,835 – $43,168 |
| Michigan | 17 | $23,761 | $7,581 – $40,319 |
| Nebraska | 5 | $24,934 | $19,852 – $25,595 |
| North Dakota | 4 | $24,995 | $20,352 – $32,868 |
| Maine | 6 | $25,188 | $15,673 – $35,661 |
| Arkansas | 6 | $25,555 | $9,483 – $47,785 |
| Oregon | 4 | $26,204 | $18,347 – $34,059 |
| Tennessee | 6 | $26,369 | $11,219 – $63,580 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | $26,619 | $16,241 – $33,521 |
| Vermont | 3 | $27,283 | $15,183 – $28,266 |
| Ohio | 16 | $27,392 | $12,480 – $50,715 |
| Delaware | 3 | $28,087 | $24,495 – $39,103 |
| West Virginia | 3 | $28,238 | $23,982 – $37,605 |
| Minnesota | 14 | $30,394 | $20,438 – $51,499 |
| Illinois | 26 | $31,218 | $7,120 – $57,596 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $32,054 | $21,782 – $46,357 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | $32,480 | $24,109 – $49,093 |
| Washington | 7 | $32,864 | $22,813 – $57,870 |
| Connecticut | 9 | $33,658 | $26,035 – $62,038 |
| Virginia | 9 | $33,961 | $13,624 – $66,632 |
| Kansas | 4 | $35,182 | $20,074 – $91,848 |
| Georgia | 8 | $36,588 | $10,667 – $62,905 |
| South Carolina | 3 | $39,994 | $33,803 – $58,260 |
| Arizona | 6 | $40,193 | $20,532 – $52,001 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | $41,241 | $9,205 – $95,925 |
| Nevada | 4 | $42,545 | $32,663 – $101,309 |
| Florida | 38 | $46,214 | $17,795 – $114,859 |
| New York | 37 | $48,117 | $11,934 – $116,173 |
| New Jersey | 24 | $56,242 | $28,395 – $151,546 |
| Texas | 10 | $59,037 | $23,963 – $80,663 |
| California | 57 | $68,535 | $9,321 – $159,092 |
| Alaska | 3 | $86,281 | $82,475 – $88,550 |
Where Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Wilmington Treatment Center
Wilmington, NC |
$5,242 | $5,945 |
|
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$5,252 | $4,615 |
|
South Central Reg Med Ctr
Laurel, MS |
$6,143 | $6,030 |
|
Methodist Hospital Of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
$7,120 | $7,331 |
|
Coosa Valley Medical Center
Sylacauga, AL |
$7,327 | $7,128 |
|
Healthsource Saginaw
Saginaw, MI |
$7,581 | $7,278 |
|
Alliance Health Center
Meridian, MS |
$8,113 | $6,097 |
|
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
Cumberland, MD |
$8,201 | $7,277 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$8,413 | $7,627 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$8,877 | $7,912 |
|
Calverthealth Medical Center
Prince Frederick, MD |
$8,995 | $8,204 |
|
Adcare Hospital Of Worcester Inc
Worcester, MA |
$9,043 | $7,621 |
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 |
$159,092 | $26,174 |
|
Heights University Hospital
Jersey City, NJ |
$151,546 | $11,250 |
|
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
San Francisco, CA |
$137,083 | $28,903 |
|
Hca-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center
Englewood, CO |
$133,830 | $7,473 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$130,299 | $11,851 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus
Concord, CA |
$126,852 | $10,329 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$117,013 | $9,175 |
|
Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA |
$116,504 | $9,262 |
|
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY |
$116,173 | $14,406 |
|
Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park, FL |
$114,859 | $8,641 |
|
Palomar Health Downtown Campus
Escondido, CA |
$113,234 | $9,133 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$106,110 | $14,682 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major?
Across 502 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major is $32,548. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $21,168 and the dearest quarter over $49,867.
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 Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.9x 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. $9,195 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $35,111. 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 897: “ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT 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.