Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 554 · Inpatient stay · 200 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $22,133
Typical charge
$32,190
Dearest quarter
over $47,226
Actually paid
$8,641
The middle U.S. hospital bills $32,190 for Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $8,641 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.
Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 16 | $11,795 | $9,249 – $20,336 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | $14,791 | $9,062 – $44,940 |
| Missouri | 6 | $19,585 | $16,298 – $34,907 |
| Michigan | 8 | $21,370 | $15,676 – $31,920 |
| Indiana | 4 | $21,772 | $17,012 – $32,817 |
| Ohio | 6 | $25,041 | $19,229 – $46,130 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $27,495 | $26,841 – $30,317 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $27,756 | $25,551 – $37,998 |
| Minnesota | 4 | $28,176 | $23,667 – $30,533 |
| North Carolina | 4 | $29,567 | $22,134 – $33,629 |
| Texas | 3 | $31,688 | $29,507 – $48,597 |
| Illinois | 19 | $33,129 | $18,281 – $48,604 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | $34,157 | $18,065 – $85,823 |
| Arizona | 5 | $38,936 | $27,932 – $48,748 |
| Virginia | 5 | $40,837 | $24,916 – $50,590 |
| Florida | 14 | $42,755 | $27,861 – $84,528 |
| New York | 16 | $49,499 | $21,169 – $88,952 |
| New Jersey | 16 | $55,504 | $34,073 – $166,218 |
| California | 13 | $56,439 | $25,790 – $151,792 |
Where Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$9,062 | $6,718 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$9,249 | $8,338 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$9,423 | $8,689 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$9,864 | $8,857 |
|
Mercy Medical Center Inc
Baltimore, MD |
$9,917 | $8,572 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$10,044 | $9,268 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$10,899 | $9,667 |
|
Holy Family Hospital
Methuen, MA |
$11,105 | $7,266 |
|
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$11,539 | $10,210 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$11,756 | $10,571 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$11,834 | $10,909 |
|
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth, MA |
$11,994 | $6,840 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$166,218 | $24,100 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$151,792 | $16,257 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$131,835 | $11,506 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$88,952 | $12,049 |
|
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV |
$88,334 | $9,263 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$85,823 | $11,822 |
|
Hca Florida Blake Hospital
Bradenton, FL |
$84,528 | $7,793 |
|
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY |
$79,707 | $13,775 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$75,081 | $12,065 |
|
El Camino Health
Mountain View, CA |
$72,441 | $9,478 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$71,453 | $15,608 |
|
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY |
$71,451 | $10,816 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications?
Across 200 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications is $32,190. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $22,133 and the dearest quarter over $47,226.
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 Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.5x 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. $8,641 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $39,872. 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 554: “BONE DISEASES AND ARTHROPATHIES 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.