Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay · 392 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $53,645
Typical charge
$76,164
Dearest quarter
over $113,580
Actually paid
$19,671
The middle U.S. hospital bills $76,164 for Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $19,671 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.
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major 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 | 8 | $25,210 | $16,145 – $123,286 |
| Iowa | 4 | $39,397 | $22,642 – $95,547 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | $39,954 | $23,145 – $121,852 |
| New Mexico | 4 | $40,088 | $38,925 – $63,951 |
| Tennessee | 8 | $40,615 | $35,357 – $107,456 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | $46,503 | $36,076 – $178,235 |
| Mississippi | 5 | $48,284 | $33,044 – $83,049 |
| South Carolina | 8 | $49,816 | $35,392 – $76,842 |
| Michigan | 8 | $50,039 | $28,394 – $107,348 |
| Oregon | 5 | $51,444 | $41,113 – $97,764 |
| Virginia | 11 | $54,525 | $29,497 – $135,479 |
| North Carolina | 12 | $57,981 | $25,881 – $109,791 |
| Minnesota | 6 | $58,198 | $41,862 – $155,475 |
| Kentucky | 4 | $58,420 | $45,073 – $69,346 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | $58,924 | $39,634 – $86,423 |
| Indiana | 11 | $59,542 | $33,678 – $95,547 |
| Ohio | 8 | $68,885 | $57,465 – $139,498 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | $69,294 | $59,055 – $105,230 |
| Nevada | 3 | $71,166 | $52,548 – $145,323 |
| Illinois | 15 | $72,256 | $32,252 – $182,347 |
| Washington | 6 | $72,306 | $51,059 – $102,439 |
| Louisiana | 5 | $75,459 | $24,557 – $144,073 |
| Missouri | 8 | $75,528 | $41,622 – $155,310 |
| Arizona | 9 | $80,823 | $46,087 – $122,663 |
| Georgia | 5 | $88,638 | $24,362 – $100,394 |
| Texas | 39 | $90,014 | $32,369 – $255,150 |
| Colorado | 5 | $93,850 | $83,266 – $171,597 |
| Florida | 25 | $96,383 | $40,901 – $191,644 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | $98,326 | $42,293 – $287,876 |
| California | 57 | $113,779 | $40,725 – $380,422 |
| New Jersey | 16 | $126,191 | $67,381 – $208,707 |
| New York | 17 | $141,131 | $39,853 – $288,988 |
| Kansas | 3 | $155,350 | $58,091 – $161,953 |
Where Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major 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 |
$16,145 | $14,604 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$19,863 | $17,538 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$20,719 | $18,664 |
|
St Lukes Hospital
Cedar Rapids, IA |
$22,642 | $12,715 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$22,826 | $21,091 |
|
Genesis Medical Center-Davenport
Davenport, IA |
$22,830 | $12,638 |
|
Brown University Health Morton Hospital
Taunton, MA |
$23,145 | $14,076 |
|
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA |
$24,362 | $16,516 |
|
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Baton Rouge, LA |
$24,557 | $13,235 |
|
Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford, MA |
$25,394 | $13,868 |
|
Carolina East Medical Center
New Bern, NC |
$25,881 | $15,475 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$27,593 | $25,494 |
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 |
$380,422 | $29,923 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$347,895 | $42,685 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$338,343 | $17,833 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$288,988 | $39,781 |
|
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$287,876 | $29,103 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$285,893 | $45,866 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$256,313 | $33,238 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$255,150 | $32,917 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$245,459 | $30,733 |
|
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY |
$244,493 | $32,360 |
|
Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA |
$239,116 | $26,513 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$229,608 | $18,918 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major?
Across 392 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major is $76,164. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $53,645 and the dearest quarter over $113,580.
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 Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.9x 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. $19,671 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $98,809. 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 441: “DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIGNANCY, CIRRHOSIS OR ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS 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.