Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay · 36 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $216,340
Typical charge
$275,142
Dearest quarter
over $381,717
Actually paid
$84,039
The middle U.S. hospital bills $275,142 for Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $84,039 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.
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
Where Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Ohio State University State Health System
Columbus, OH |
$126,294 | $60,918 |
|
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL |
$146,224 | $71,695 |
|
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$149,604 | $130,531 |
|
Usa Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL |
$175,950 | $83,062 |
|
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN |
$198,453 | $68,116 |
|
Mercy Hospital St Louis
Saint Louis, MO |
$198,714 | $55,074 |
|
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center
Portland, OR |
$203,168 | $75,835 |
|
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA |
$210,005 | $82,837 |
|
Medical College Of Virginia Hospitals
Richmond, VA |
$214,316 | $72,448 |
|
University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
Iowa City, IA |
$217,015 | $65,939 |
|
Uf Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, FL |
$219,287 | $58,946 |
|
University Medical Center
Lubbock, TX |
$222,936 | $61,657 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$1,073,380 | $108,638 |
|
Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$894,726 | $51,574 |
|
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
$781,564 | $134,566 |
|
Ucsf Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA |
$727,518 | $131,201 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$639,858 | $179,113 |
|
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA |
$436,576 | $70,037 |
|
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit, MI |
$409,449 | $85,003 |
|
University Of Colorado Hospital Authority
Aurora, CO |
$389,787 | $74,315 |
|
Hillcrest Medical Center
Tulsa, OK |
$388,735 | $61,226 |
|
Doctors Hospital
Augusta, GA |
$379,378 | $50,871 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$378,823 | $102,434 |
|
Hca Florida Blake Hospital
Bradenton, FL |
$360,559 | $53,020 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc?
Across 36 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc is $275,142. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $216,340 and the dearest quarter over $381,717.
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 Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc, 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. $84,039 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $353,988. 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 928: “FULL THICKNESS BURN WITH SKIN GRAFT OR INHALATION INJURY WITH CC/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.