Connective Tissue Disorders with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 546 · Inpatient stay · 26 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $45,885
Typical charge
$56,330
Dearest quarter
over $80,061
Actually paid
$15,833
The middle U.S. hospital bills $56,330 for Connective Tissue Disorders with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $15,833 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.
Connective Tissue Disorders 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 4 | $59,433 | $40,248 – $76,326 |
| New York | 4 | $135,508 | $115,044 – $164,425 |
Where Connective Tissue Disorders 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC |
$34,188 | $15,485 |
|
Ohio State University State Health System
Columbus, OH |
$34,888 | $11,974 |
|
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL |
$38,343 | $10,759 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$38,619 | $33,814 |
|
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA |
$40,248 | $11,565 |
|
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE |
$45,349 | $11,900 |
|
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
$45,828 | $15,843 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA |
$46,056 | $18,075 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ |
$46,298 | $16,882 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$51,565 | $11,644 |
|
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$52,370 | $15,126 |
|
University Of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI |
$52,996 | $15,262 |
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 |
$228,845 | $22,330 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$164,425 | $21,920 |
|
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY |
$144,297 | $15,241 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$126,719 | $17,080 |
|
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY |
$115,044 | $18,424 |
|
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH |
$87,145 | $16,661 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$80,912 | $13,468 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$77,507 | $9,881 |
|
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Boston, MA |
$76,326 | $16,875 |
|
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA |
$72,832 | $10,853 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |
$72,809 | $16,076 |
|
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis, MO |
$64,424 | $16,309 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Connective Tissue Disorders with Complications?
Across 26 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Connective Tissue Disorders with Complications is $56,330. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $45,885 and the dearest quarter over $80,061.
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 Connective Tissue Disorders with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.5x 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. $15,833 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $77,627. 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 546: “CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS 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.