How much does Fainting cost?
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay · 1,487 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $27,545
Typical charge
$36,628
Dearest quarter
over $54,264
Actually paid
$8,466
The middle U.S. hospital bills $36,628 for Fainting. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $8,466 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.
Fainting 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 | 35 | $13,283 | $8,136 – $27,415 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | $17,533 | $10,737 – $66,947 |
| Montana | 4 | $23,556 | $18,321 – $24,954 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | $23,782 | $22,619 – $30,602 |
| Mississippi | 15 | $23,804 | $12,896 – $77,992 |
| Iowa | 16 | $23,982 | $14,915 – $50,113 |
| Michigan | 42 | $24,033 | $16,008 – $47,780 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $24,727 | $21,249 – $33,729 |
| West Virginia | 13 | $25,872 | $15,177 – $41,686 |
| Arkansas | 15 | $25,956 | $15,597 – $46,494 |
| Alabama | 29 | $27,068 | $9,838 – $109,425 |
| Minnesota | 17 | $27,478 | $18,014 – $39,626 |
| North Carolina | 43 | $28,716 | $18,334 – $50,874 |
| Maine | 4 | $28,721 | $28,045 – $34,934 |
| Nebraska | 8 | $28,967 | $21,523 – $35,565 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | $29,506 | $18,109 – $75,932 |
| Ohio | 70 | $29,685 | $15,372 – $54,102 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | $30,077 | $26,044 – $66,093 |
| Oregon | 11 | $30,151 | $21,442 – $41,069 |
| Utah | 5 | $30,440 | $24,958 – $36,627 |
| Missouri | 34 | $30,481 | $20,693 – $99,342 |
| South Carolina | 31 | $30,569 | $20,878 – $70,516 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | $30,813 | $20,453 – $43,310 |
| Louisiana | 18 | $30,908 | $15,239 – $56,934 |
| Indiana | 37 | $31,214 | $18,293 – $53,059 |
| Delaware | 5 | $31,364 | $16,492 – $33,847 |
| Virginia | 39 | $31,490 | $16,508 – $78,625 |
| Hawaii | 3 | $31,779 | $29,980 – $47,424 |
| Kentucky | 20 | $32,168 | $18,079 – $57,322 |
| Tennessee | 31 | $35,243 | $13,342 – $81,765 |
| Illinois | 70 | $35,609 | $18,160 – $58,122 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $36,503 | $32,567 – $36,880 |
| Idaho | 5 | $38,090 | $24,465 – $41,209 |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | $38,934 | $11,414 – $105,185 |
| Connecticut | 19 | $39,092 | $18,941 – $50,577 |
| Washington | 27 | $40,703 | $21,145 – $56,507 |
| Georgia | 49 | $41,395 | $19,388 – $82,242 |
| New York | 83 | $41,898 | $12,400 – $158,907 |
| Kansas | 11 | $42,674 | $29,234 – $98,437 |
| New Mexico | 7 | $45,204 | $21,572 – $61,721 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | $45,997 | $40,706 – $84,325 |
| Texas | 103 | $47,422 | $17,163 – $123,668 |
| Arizona | 29 | $50,941 | $29,521 – $123,720 |
| Florida | 129 | $53,467 | $24,236 – $130,784 |
| New Jersey | 50 | $64,375 | $22,184 – $281,886 |
| California | 129 | $66,368 | $22,258 – $194,117 |
| Colorado | 15 | $68,814 | $28,238 – $93,052 |
| Alaska | 3 | $89,694 | $61,323 – $122,123 |
| Nevada | 13 | $92,365 | $31,099 – $109,304 |
Where Fainting 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 |
$8,136 | $7,406 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$8,450 | $7,619 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$8,758 | $8,068 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$8,999 | $8,019 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$9,442 | $8,665 |
|
Evergreen Medical Center
Evergreen, AL |
$9,838 | $7,302 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$10,077 | $9,124 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$10,105 | $8,939 |
|
Brown University Health Morton Hospital
Taunton, MA |
$10,737 | $7,306 |
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$10,769 | $9,952 |
|
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$10,919 | $9,693 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$10,943 | $9,987 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$281,886 | $8,861 |
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$248,471 | $13,137 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$194,117 | $9,433 |
|
Ventura County Medical Center
Ventura, CA |
$172,228 | $24,373 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$171,719 | $10,981 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$163,236 | $16,913 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$158,907 | $11,270 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$154,090 | $11,012 |
|
Emanuel Medical Center
Turlock, CA |
$144,683 | $9,162 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$138,612 | $11,787 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$134,412 | $11,953 |
|
Uci Health - Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos, CA |
$131,603 | $8,204 |
Questions people ask
How much does Fainting cost in the United States?
Across 1,487 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Fainting is $36,628. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $27,545 and the dearest quarter over $54,264.
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 Fainting, 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. $8,466 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $46,199. 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 312: “SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE”. 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.