Fever and Inflammatory Conditions — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 864 · Inpatient stay · 51 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $34,417
Typical charge
$45,480
Dearest quarter
over $66,439
Actually paid
$10,000
The middle U.S. hospital bills $45,480 for Fever and Inflammatory Conditions. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $10,000 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.
Fever and Inflammatory Conditions cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3 | $34,602 | $33,764 – $38,241 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $34,703 | $19,861 – $48,675 |
| Florida | 8 | $42,691 | $35,017 – $74,981 |
| Texas | 4 | $47,056 | $32,127 – $80,368 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | $50,353 | $42,391 – $65,609 |
| New Jersey | 8 | $64,620 | $32,971 – $82,675 |
| New York | 6 | $71,860 | $46,949 – $135,126 |
Where Fever and Inflammatory Conditions is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$12,848 | $11,752 |
|
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA |
$19,861 | $8,140 |
|
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE |
$24,106 | $8,279 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ |
$25,258 | $11,269 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$26,616 | $11,618 |
|
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL |
$27,005 | $8,159 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$32,127 | $7,946 |
|
Beebe Medical Center
Lewes, DE |
$32,931 | $7,325 |
|
Valley Hospital
Paramus, NJ |
$32,971 | $7,597 |
|
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX |
$33,021 | $10,339 |
|
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT |
$33,036 | $11,858 |
|
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast
Concord, NC |
$33,764 | $8,705 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$135,126 | $16,045 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$91,089 | $21,321 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$90,352 | $12,269 |
|
Ocean Medical Center
Brick, NJ |
$82,675 | $8,746 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$80,368 | $10,695 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$76,450 | $12,214 |
|
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ |
$76,129 | $9,836 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$74,981 | $9,673 |
|
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ |
$72,649 | $8,375 |
|
Memorial Hospital West
Pembroke Pines, FL |
$72,646 | $9,241 |
|
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ |
$70,890 | $7,218 |
|
Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL |
$69,697 | $8,844 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Fever and Inflammatory Conditions?
Across 51 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Fever and Inflammatory Conditions is $45,480. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $34,417 and the dearest quarter over $66,439.
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 Fever and Inflammatory Conditions, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.8x 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. $10,000 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $53,021. 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 864: “FEVER AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS”. 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.