CostGrade

How much does Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated) cost?

MS-DRG 379 · Inpatient stay · 73 U.S. hospitals publish a price

Cheapest quarter

under $25,932

Typical charge

$31,224

Dearest quarter

over $42,837

Actually paid

$6,333

The middle U.S. hospital bills $31,224 for Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated). The dearest hospitals charge about 4.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $6,333 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.

Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated) 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 6 $8,271 $5,712 – $11,016
Massachusetts 3 $15,509 $11,667 – $18,755
Arizona 3 $28,493 $27,425 – $35,539
Pennsylvania 4 $30,376 $19,496 – $38,343
Georgia 3 $31,990 $27,998 – $36,211
Florida 16 $33,771 $25,871 – $77,461
Texas 4 $37,293 $28,540 – $56,296
California 4 $50,823 $30,888 – $93,565
Virginia 3 $50,849 $11,500 – $60,460
New York 6 $51,963 $32,838 – $55,844
New Jersey 6 $52,592 $39,085 – $59,850

Where Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated) 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

$5,712 $5,847
Frederick Health Hospital

Frederick, MD

$7,234 $6,556
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

Bel Air, MD

$8,208 $7,447
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc

Lanham, MD

$8,334 $7,911
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center

Glen Burnie, MD

$8,418 $7,831
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center

Silver Spring, MD

$11,016 $10,021
Winchester Medical Center

Winchester, VA

$11,500 $5,622
South Shore Hospital

South Weymouth, MA

$11,667 $5,320
Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, MA

$15,509 $7,147
Bethesda North

Cincinnati, OH

$16,259 $5,367
Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc

Montgomery, AL

$17,896 $4,756
Cape Cod Hospital

Hyannis, MA

$18,755 $6,546

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
El Camino Health

Mountain View, CA

$93,565 $7,415
Marion Communtiy Hospital

Ocala, FL

$77,461 $5,658
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital

Gainesville, FL

$68,690 $6,046
Henrico Doctors' Hospital

Richmond, VA

$60,460 $4,677
West Jersey Hospital

Voorhees, NJ

$59,850 $5,218
Torrance Memorial Medical Center

Torrance, CA

$58,809 $6,367
Hendrick Medical Center

Abilene, TX

$56,296 $5,515
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, NY

$55,844 $9,225
Ocean Medical Center

Brick, NJ

$54,789 $7,419
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, NY

$54,600 $8,720
Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Neptune, NJ

$53,115 $6,914
North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, NY

$52,466 $7,610

Questions people ask

How much does Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated) cost in the United States?

Across 73 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated) is $31,224. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $25,932 and the dearest quarter over $42,837.

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 Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.5x 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. $6,333 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $34,090. 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 379: “GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT 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.