Complications of Treatment with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay · 282 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $31,814
Typical charge
$44,246
Dearest quarter
over $62,302
Actually paid
$11,047
The middle U.S. hospital bills $44,246 for Complications of Treatment with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.4x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $11,047 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.
Complications of Treatment with 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 | 3 | $12,213 | $7,870 – $19,840 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | $24,133 | $15,593 – $67,949 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $27,028 | $18,721 – $73,033 |
| Mississippi | 4 | $29,696 | $26,517 – $31,828 |
| Michigan | 11 | $29,896 | $22,363 – $48,671 |
| North Carolina | 9 | $30,248 | $20,690 – $71,917 |
| Virginia | 9 | $32,050 | $22,115 – $142,086 |
| Minnesota | 6 | $33,116 | $26,303 – $72,707 |
| Georgia | 5 | $33,219 | $27,815 – $42,141 |
| Kentucky | 4 | $33,382 | $21,839 – $40,108 |
| Arkansas | 3 | $33,490 | $28,947 – $40,419 |
| Louisiana | 3 | $33,925 | $28,828 – $60,186 |
| Tennessee | 9 | $34,088 | $26,036 – $97,669 |
| Missouri | 5 | $35,136 | $25,186 – $57,479 |
| Indiana | 5 | $35,345 | $21,116 – $61,420 |
| Ohio | 9 | $38,783 | $20,725 – $49,284 |
| South Carolina | 5 | $39,877 | $31,809 – $52,880 |
| Illinois | 17 | $40,583 | $19,005 – $89,966 |
| Florida | 28 | $43,011 | $28,856 – $104,545 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | $43,921 | $23,235 – $90,417 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | $47,945 | $27,937 – $59,218 |
| Washington | 4 | $48,879 | $32,213 – $53,208 |
| Arizona | 9 | $50,458 | $33,651 – $69,323 |
| Kansas | 3 | $54,202 | $37,117 – $59,879 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | $58,756 | $28,217 – $126,854 |
| Texas | 18 | $61,697 | $26,123 – $139,418 |
| New York | 18 | $65,396 | $24,940 – $112,677 |
| New Jersey | 12 | $67,543 | $51,185 – $118,776 |
| California | 20 | $73,311 | $45,433 – $195,272 |
Where Complications of Treatment with 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 Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$7,870 | $7,221 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$12,213 | $11,098 |
|
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth, MA |
$15,593 | $8,332 |
|
The Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Omaha, NE |
$18,721 | $7,959 |
|
Silver Cross Hospital And Medical Centers
New Lenox, IL |
$19,005 | $7,758 |
|
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA |
$19,484 | $11,768 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$19,840 | $20,544 |
|
Rex Hospital
Raleigh, NC |
$20,690 | $7,338 |
|
Bethesda North
Cincinnati, OH |
$20,725 | $8,612 |
|
Parkview Regional Medical Center
Fort Wayne, IN |
$21,116 | $8,315 |
|
St Elizabeth Edgewood
Edgewood, KY |
$21,839 | $7,524 |
|
Winchester Medical Center
Winchester, VA |
$22,115 | $8,319 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$195,272 | $14,981 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$182,593 | $21,016 |
|
Cjw Medical Center
Richmond, VA |
$142,086 | $7,343 |
|
Hca Houston Healthcare Kingwood
Kingwood, TX |
$139,418 | $9,591 |
|
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX |
$137,810 | $9,848 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$137,480 | $10,832 |
|
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA |
$126,854 | $14,474 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$118,776 | $12,452 |
|
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV |
$117,977 | $11,518 |
|
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$116,384 | $13,850 |
|
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY |
$112,677 | $15,854 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$110,642 | $15,568 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Complications of Treatment with Complications?
Across 282 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Complications of Treatment with Complications is $44,246. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $31,814 and the dearest quarter over $62,302.
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 Complications of Treatment with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.4x 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. $11,047 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $53,720. 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 920: “COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC”. 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.