Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay · 55 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $127,870
Typical charge
$186,291
Dearest quarter
over $287,234
Actually paid
$63,034
The middle U.S. hospital bills $186,291 for Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.1x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $63,034 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.
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
Where Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Henry Ford Health Hospital
Detroit, MI |
$61,669 | $59,128 |
|
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN |
$67,931 | $42,297 |
|
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL |
$72,514 | $47,089 |
|
Karmanos Cancer Center
Detroit, MI |
$87,865 | $40,442 |
|
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Milwaukee, WI |
$96,019 | $53,075 |
|
University Of Washington Medical Ctr
Seattle, WA |
$101,749 | $53,767 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$106,791 | $92,956 |
|
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis, TN |
$109,853 | $34,259 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$110,838 | $59,188 |
|
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
$111,825 | $51,914 |
|
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY |
$112,031 | $48,968 |
|
Musc Medical Center
Charleston, SC |
$116,572 | $57,851 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Hca Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver, CO |
$1,165,465 | $81,285 |
|
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX |
$652,974 | $48,996 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$625,210 | $123,410 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$544,432 | $88,470 |
|
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX |
$477,362 | $41,218 |
|
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ |
$442,945 | $94,815 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$389,018 | $88,333 |
|
St David's South Austin Medical Center
Austin, TX |
$380,319 | $40,683 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$367,434 | $65,899 |
|
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC |
$359,737 | $113,284 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$325,151 | $46,132 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$315,595 | $48,968 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a?
Across 55 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a is $186,291. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $127,870 and the dearest quarter over $287,234.
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 Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a, 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. $63,034 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $239,859. 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 837: “CHEMOTHERAPY WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS OR WITH HIGH DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY A”. 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.