Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay · 1,356 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $23,004
Typical charge
$31,302
Dearest quarter
over $48,139
Actually paid
$7,757
The middle U.S. hospital bills $31,302 for Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.0x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $7,757 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 Obstruction with 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 | 36 | $11,611 | $8,048 – $18,554 |
| Massachusetts | 36 | $16,939 | $11,764 – $46,958 |
| Montana | 8 | $17,188 | $11,107 – $37,676 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $19,730 | $15,846 – $22,082 |
| Vermont | 5 | $20,969 | $17,449 – $40,556 |
| Iowa | 16 | $21,678 | $14,058 – $61,859 |
| Mississippi | 13 | $22,124 | $10,500 – $81,344 |
| Nebraska | 11 | $22,406 | $17,524 – $32,369 |
| Michigan | 37 | $22,694 | $16,365 – $41,773 |
| Minnesota | 23 | $23,254 | $13,213 – $42,161 |
| Hawaii | 5 | $23,380 | $16,449 – $31,781 |
| Alabama | 22 | $23,614 | $10,624 – $114,952 |
| Kentucky | 20 | $23,845 | $16,150 – $46,112 |
| Delaware | 5 | $24,293 | $12,014 – $28,456 |
| North Carolina | 39 | $24,570 | $19,056 – $38,136 |
| Arkansas | 17 | $24,759 | $10,980 – $65,286 |
| Maine | 5 | $25,358 | $17,888 – $26,892 |
| Oregon | 9 | $25,505 | $16,615 – $40,094 |
| West Virginia | 11 | $25,739 | $15,392 – $39,287 |
| Virginia | 41 | $25,805 | $17,221 – $81,237 |
| Ohio | 55 | $25,967 | $12,159 – $46,490 |
| Idaho | 7 | $26,001 | $16,425 – $31,179 |
| Tennessee | 29 | $26,673 | $10,850 – $70,664 |
| Missouri | 32 | $26,856 | $15,276 – $74,542 |
| Utah | 7 | $26,942 | $18,427 – $30,048 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | $27,626 | $21,966 – $59,852 |
| Louisiana | 20 | $27,661 | $16,269 – $67,144 |
| Indiana | 29 | $27,818 | $18,348 – $42,396 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | $27,885 | $23,224 – $36,656 |
| South Carolina | 29 | $28,492 | $19,338 – $69,837 |
| New Mexico | 7 | $29,163 | $16,769 – $70,247 |
| South Dakota | 6 | $29,351 | $22,823 – $35,895 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | $29,721 | $14,754 – $43,954 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | $29,759 | $15,365 – $85,852 |
| Georgia | 38 | $30,403 | $9,819 – $57,514 |
| Kansas | 14 | $31,069 | $21,581 – $81,852 |
| Washington | 29 | $31,369 | $18,369 – $58,444 |
| Connecticut | 17 | $31,375 | $19,951 – $44,800 |
| Illinois | 62 | $31,982 | $18,139 – $58,074 |
| Pennsylvania | 62 | $36,082 | $13,273 – $111,505 |
| Arizona | 31 | $38,918 | $22,408 – $98,090 |
| Texas | 82 | $41,349 | $17,262 – $98,294 |
| New York | 66 | $43,625 | $12,102 – $160,200 |
| Florida | 108 | $46,730 | $13,125 – $109,495 |
| Alaska | 4 | $54,006 | $43,029 – $58,617 |
| New Jersey | 41 | $57,420 | $36,370 – $90,315 |
| Colorado | 16 | $60,630 | $24,369 – $112,266 |
| California | 125 | $61,534 | $18,037 – $147,807 |
| Nevada | 13 | $78,854 | $20,715 – $131,980 |
Where Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$8,048 | $7,532 |
|
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown, MD |
$8,400 | $8,133 |
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$8,552 | $8,025 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$8,879 | $8,056 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$8,945 | $8,195 |
|
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center
Olney, MD |
$9,040 | $8,037 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$9,098 | $8,159 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$9,164 | $8,286 |
|
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
Elkton, MD |
$9,460 | $8,460 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$9,623 | $8,873 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$9,664 | $9,582 |
|
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA |
$9,819 | $5,880 |
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 |
$160,200 | $10,655 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$147,807 | $11,501 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$141,523 | $10,284 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$139,539 | $9,205 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$139,154 | $15,122 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$133,665 | $8,746 |
|
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$131,980 | $6,936 |
|
Uci Health - Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos, CA |
$117,857 | $7,561 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$116,491 | $14,073 |
|
Adventist Health Twin Cities
Templeton, CA |
$115,960 | $8,690 |
|
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL |
$114,952 | $5,959 |
|
Sky Ridge Medical Center
Lone Tree, CO |
$112,266 | $7,394 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications?
Across 1,356 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications is $31,302. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $23,004 and the dearest quarter over $48,139.
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 Obstruction with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.0x 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. $7,757 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $39,323. 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 389: “GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH CC”. 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.