Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay · 408 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $56,409
Typical charge
$86,139
Dearest quarter
over $122,245
Actually paid
$23,112
The middle U.S. hospital bills $86,139 for Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $23,112 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.
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major 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 | 19 | $36,013 | $16,877 – $128,797 |
| Maryland | 19 | $39,952 | $16,178 – $96,144 |
| Arkansas | 3 | $44,736 | $26,633 – $56,583 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $49,706 | $43,480 – $109,959 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | $52,319 | $51,303 – $58,361 |
| Indiana | 6 | $54,594 | $44,544 – $120,529 |
| Michigan | 11 | $55,393 | $27,319 – $72,989 |
| North Carolina | 13 | $56,620 | $41,540 – $217,997 |
| Tennessee | 9 | $62,471 | $34,052 – $117,123 |
| Mississippi | 6 | $63,255 | $44,520 – $103,389 |
| Missouri | 8 | $63,437 | $30,492 – $140,206 |
| Oregon | 4 | $69,159 | $44,147 – $95,777 |
| Illinois | 18 | $70,505 | $29,098 – $115,606 |
| Ohio | 13 | $70,820 | $35,034 – $130,970 |
| Alabama | 3 | $70,957 | $65,932 – $88,260 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $81,024 | $47,148 – $96,339 |
| Virginia | 15 | $81,833 | $35,561 – $161,080 |
| South Carolina | 8 | $83,860 | $35,601 – $194,597 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | $87,867 | $40,728 – $357,639 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $91,758 | $84,829 – $177,884 |
| Louisiana | 3 | $93,443 | $68,629 – $127,708 |
| Minnesota | 8 | $93,772 | $49,631 – $147,350 |
| Iowa | 3 | $94,269 | $52,262 – $95,164 |
| Washington | 9 | $94,281 | $43,663 – $157,468 |
| Florida | 46 | $99,168 | $42,113 – $207,047 |
| Arizona | 3 | $99,683 | $70,515 – $126,759 |
| Colorado | 3 | $99,743 | $94,627 – $121,221 |
| Texas | 23 | $105,948 | $45,423 – $271,752 |
| Connecticut | 5 | $108,386 | $58,283 – $134,691 |
| Georgia | 8 | $109,590 | $40,772 – $125,458 |
| New York | 33 | $117,504 | $32,262 – $299,543 |
| Kansas | 4 | $125,897 | $32,758 – $177,518 |
| New Jersey | 20 | $132,724 | $71,018 – $172,217 |
| California | 33 | $148,270 | $39,941 – $343,620 |
Where Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major 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 |
$16,178 | $14,650 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$16,877 | $16,208 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$19,380 | $17,213 |
|
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$20,056 | $15,279 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$21,153 | $19,343 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$23,581 | $17,104 |
|
Boston Medical Center-Brighton
Brighton, MA |
$24,397 | $25,553 |
|
Emerson Hospital -
W Concord, MA |
$24,528 | $16,535 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$24,925 | $22,893 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$26,145 | $24,409 |
|
Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs
Hot Springs, AR |
$26,633 | $14,115 |
|
Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital
Rochester, MI |
$27,319 | $14,908 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$357,639 | $34,286 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$343,620 | $44,220 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$336,069 | $34,882 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$330,240 | $27,122 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$299,543 | $32,827 |
|
Ut Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital
Tyler, TX |
$271,752 | $24,713 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$257,978 | $47,730 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$256,907 | $38,210 |
|
Long Island Community Hospital
Patchogue, NY |
$248,527 | $21,315 |
|
St Lukes Hospital
Bethlehem, PA |
$237,916 | $26,182 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$237,760 | $35,481 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$236,410 | $33,974 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications?
Across 408 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications is $86,139. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $56,409 and the dearest quarter over $122,245.
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 Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.8x 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. $23,112 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $105,221. 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 056: “DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH 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.