How much does Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications) cost?
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay · 1,940 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $22,603
Typical charge
$30,556
Dearest quarter
over $45,589
Actually paid
$7,663
The middle U.S. hospital bills $30,556 for Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $7,663 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.
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 38 | $11,785 | $7,507 – $22,861 |
| Massachusetts | 48 | $15,219 | $8,083 – $55,466 |
| Iowa | 20 | $19,023 | $12,088 – $56,471 |
| Mississippi | 28 | $19,747 | $11,427 – $64,775 |
| Wyoming | 6 | $20,864 | $16,909 – $39,012 |
| Maine | 9 | $21,122 | $14,989 – $28,927 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $21,438 | $17,701 – $29,111 |
| Montana | 8 | $21,929 | $12,442 – $31,400 |
| Minnesota | 26 | $23,543 | $12,630 – $65,675 |
| Michigan | 51 | $23,560 | $11,665 – $57,161 |
| Nebraska | 14 | $23,867 | $19,916 – $37,884 |
| West Virginia | 17 | $24,120 | $13,097 – $37,154 |
| Utah | 12 | $24,319 | $19,200 – $37,207 |
| Kentucky | 32 | $24,363 | $10,015 – $43,747 |
| Alabama | 37 | $24,561 | $8,131 – $95,438 |
| North Carolina | 61 | $24,583 | $12,400 – $52,806 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | $24,796 | $9,601 – $72,125 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | $24,807 | $19,664 – $54,572 |
| Virginia | 55 | $24,870 | $14,531 – $73,144 |
| Ohio | 78 | $24,932 | $11,861 – $52,256 |
| Louisiana | 33 | $25,328 | $9,443 – $60,100 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | $25,558 | $13,022 – $42,765 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | $25,602 | $19,154 – $33,307 |
| Hawaii | 7 | $25,785 | $22,724 – $40,216 |
| Missouri | 45 | $26,805 | $17,144 – $106,704 |
| Delaware | 6 | $26,969 | $18,241 – $34,429 |
| Indiana | 52 | $27,166 | $12,885 – $53,422 |
| Arkansas | 24 | $27,173 | $9,452 – $50,456 |
| Vermont | 3 | $27,434 | $22,635 – $35,744 |
| South Carolina | 39 | $27,564 | $16,290 – $76,833 |
| South Dakota | 7 | $28,458 | $13,562 – $36,448 |
| Idaho | 9 | $29,220 | $24,183 – $34,795 |
| Tennessee | 49 | $29,371 | $12,405 – $66,040 |
| Oregon | 19 | $30,443 | $19,749 – $45,955 |
| Connecticut | 20 | $31,315 | $23,374 – $45,498 |
| Illinois | 83 | $31,476 | $14,457 – $60,625 |
| Kansas | 19 | $31,995 | $12,333 – $80,992 |
| New York | 103 | $32,381 | $8,938 – $138,171 |
| Georgia | 64 | $33,024 | $13,492 – $80,942 |
| Pennsylvania | 94 | $33,816 | $9,978 – $119,246 |
| New Mexico | 14 | $36,198 | $19,785 – $66,838 |
| Washington | 33 | $36,819 | $25,184 – $53,129 |
| Arizona | 39 | $39,385 | $20,614 – $77,171 |
| Texas | 124 | $40,030 | $9,632 – $110,569 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | $44,101 | $30,900 – $87,742 |
| Florida | 137 | $46,336 | $10,946 – $106,608 |
| Colorado | 23 | $50,911 | $24,326 – $103,893 |
| California | 188 | $54,077 | $19,181 – $158,383 |
| New Jersey | 53 | $57,470 | $22,740 – $256,485 |
| Alaska | 4 | $59,814 | $46,423 – $79,123 |
| Nevada | 16 | $65,543 | $18,997 – $114,558 |
Where Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without 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 |
$7,507 | $6,866 |
|
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA |
$8,083 | $6,994 |
|
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL |
$8,131 | $6,405 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$8,764 | $8,328 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$8,905 | $8,244 |
|
Geneva General Hospital
Geneva, NY |
$8,938 | $7,083 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$9,170 | $8,227 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$9,254 | $8,490 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$9,330 | $8,613 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$9,382 | $8,455 |
|
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
Jennings, LA |
$9,443 | $5,706 |
|
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc
Little Rock, AR |
$9,452 | $4,727 |
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 Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$256,485 | $10,609 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$227,071 | $8,215 |
|
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center
Bayonne, NJ |
$203,369 | $9,130 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$158,383 | $8,581 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$156,028 | $16,728 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$145,195 | $9,659 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$138,171 | $9,826 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$129,889 | $11,069 |
|
Doctors Hospital Of Manteca
Manteca, CA |
$127,732 | $7,906 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$127,085 | $12,280 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$124,076 | $9,252 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$119,249 | $8,671 |
Questions people ask
How much does Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications) cost in the United States?
Across 1,940 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications) is $30,556. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $22,603 and the dearest quarter over $45,589.
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 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without 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. $7,663 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $37,589. 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 641: “MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT 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.