Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay · 206 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $93,897
Typical charge
$121,710
Dearest quarter
over $163,451
Actually paid
$25,767
The middle U.S. hospital bills $121,710 for Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $25,767 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 without Complications/mcc 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 | $47,322 | $35,210 – $71,522 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | $82,082 | $47,261 – $131,281 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $96,473 | $80,262 – $189,292 |
| Washington | 7 | $100,201 | $73,651 – $171,258 |
| North Carolina | 10 | $100,884 | $61,373 – $203,973 |
| Alabama | 3 | $102,425 | $72,916 – $134,301 |
| Minnesota | 3 | $107,540 | $88,819 – $134,224 |
| Tennessee | 5 | $107,936 | $68,860 – $134,074 |
| Georgia | 7 | $108,695 | $93,369 – $202,368 |
| Michigan | 4 | $109,420 | $76,577 – $140,679 |
| Missouri | 4 | $113,231 | $88,873 – $132,189 |
| New Jersey | 5 | $117,456 | $94,100 – $212,346 |
| Kansas | 3 | $117,740 | $91,538 – $134,237 |
| Ohio | 8 | $118,648 | $83,867 – $141,279 |
| Virginia | 7 | $122,604 | $89,704 – $423,474 |
| Indiana | 3 | $123,465 | $99,728 – $164,211 |
| Louisiana | 4 | $124,753 | $60,814 – $146,248 |
| Florida | 12 | $126,267 | $74,479 – $264,053 |
| New York | 11 | $129,096 | $61,537 – $264,658 |
| Illinois | 8 | $134,278 | $93,829 – $212,022 |
| Texas | 12 | $136,701 | $70,797 – $292,751 |
| Kentucky | 5 | $147,616 | $122,101 – $338,314 |
| South Carolina | 3 | $152,967 | $118,725 – $153,903 |
| Arizona | 8 | $169,683 | $107,529 – $391,253 |
| Colorado | 3 | $174,199 | $173,562 – $479,412 |
| California | 19 | $184,717 | $65,842 – $560,054 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | $200,933 | $92,296 – $318,648 |
Where Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$35,210 | $31,841 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA |
$47,261 | $29,326 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$47,322 | $43,121 |
|
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA |
$51,578 | $26,386 |
|
University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR |
$52,641 | $21,937 |
|
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, LA |
$60,814 | $19,720 |
|
Unc Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC |
$61,373 | $26,641 |
|
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY |
$61,537 | $28,371 |
|
University Of Mississippi Med Center
Jackson, MS |
$61,853 | $23,102 |
|
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
Redwood City, CA |
$65,842 | $85,725 |
|
Kaleida Health
Buffalo, NY |
$66,954 | $27,003 |
|
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC |
$67,991 | $24,241 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$560,054 | $26,910 |
|
Hca-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center
Englewood, CO |
$479,412 | $25,639 |
|
Cjw Medical Center
Richmond, VA |
$423,474 | $16,908 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$394,181 | $30,150 |
|
St Joseph's Hospital
Tucson, AZ |
$391,253 | $21,230 |
|
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA |
$356,870 | $32,917 |
|
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY |
$338,314 | $29,522 |
|
Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$326,226 | $24,579 |
|
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY |
$320,749 | $27,314 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$318,648 | $30,663 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$307,120 | $40,039 |
|
O U Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK |
$296,856 | $29,148 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc?
Across 206 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc is $121,710. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $93,897 and the dearest quarter over $163,451.
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 without Complications/mcc, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.9x 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. $25,767 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $139,747. 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 027: “CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/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.