Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay · 181 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $106,703
Typical charge
$134,177
Dearest quarter
over $191,631
Actually paid
$32,303
The middle U.S. hospital bills $134,177 for Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $32,303 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.
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures 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 | 7 | $45,646 | $25,774 – $70,429 |
| Minnesota | 4 | $98,662 | $79,361 – $154,179 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | $100,749 | $36,555 – $136,078 |
| Michigan | 5 | $105,084 | $83,703 – $147,986 |
| North Carolina | 9 | $107,618 | $66,488 – $179,535 |
| Virginia | 6 | $126,350 | $113,106 – $211,918 |
| Missouri | 4 | $130,073 | $80,551 – $171,520 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $132,350 | $92,675 – $147,722 |
| Washington | 6 | $139,463 | $85,953 – $179,555 |
| Ohio | 7 | $140,493 | $95,871 – $191,631 |
| Georgia | 5 | $141,514 | $114,869 – $206,374 |
| Louisiana | 3 | $154,038 | $88,096 – $197,485 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | $154,378 | $111,845 – $299,492 |
| Illinois | 9 | $156,257 | $86,825 – $293,636 |
| New Jersey | 4 | $159,186 | $137,195 – $232,463 |
| New York | 10 | $161,711 | $61,790 – $357,170 |
| Florida | 9 | $162,052 | $84,244 – $334,139 |
| Texas | 12 | $163,614 | $86,100 – $259,943 |
| Kansas | 3 | $174,355 | $106,703 – $350,715 |
| Arizona | 5 | $188,390 | $120,548 – $276,888 |
| California | 13 | $225,599 | $115,695 – $513,944 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $232,071 | $114,733 – $370,095 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | $290,623 | $125,586 – $308,406 |
Where Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$25,774 | $22,949 |
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$30,969 | $28,417 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA |
$36,555 | $35,743 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$40,811 | $35,980 |
|
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville, MD |
$45,646 | $40,067 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$59,242 | $52,931 |
|
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY |
$61,790 | $34,928 |
|
Unc Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC |
$66,488 | $32,552 |
|
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC |
$67,246 | $31,251 |
|
Billings Clinic Hospital
Billings, MT |
$67,606 | $25,594 |
|
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$67,885 | $60,536 |
|
Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD |
$70,429 | $61,843 |
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 Dba Swedish Medical Center
Englewood, CO |
$687,586 | $34,230 |
|
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA |
$513,944 | $71,387 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$513,309 | $44,840 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Walnut Creek, CA |
$481,830 | $43,554 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$479,217 | $38,903 |
|
Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$429,935 | $26,662 |
|
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY |
$370,095 | $34,391 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$357,170 | $44,297 |
|
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS |
$350,715 | $23,866 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$350,602 | $51,571 |
|
Marion Communtiy Hospital
Ocala, FL |
$334,139 | $23,908 |
|
Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc
Oklahoma City, OK |
$308,406 | $31,401 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications?
Across 181 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications is $134,177. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $106,703 and the dearest quarter over $191,631.
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 Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.7x 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. $32,303 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $161,573. 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 026: “CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES 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.