Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay · 505 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $40,840
Typical charge
$57,529
Dearest quarter
over $84,574
Actually paid
$13,959
The middle U.S. hospital bills $57,529 for Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.4x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $13,959 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 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 | 11 | $17,704 | $11,532 – $26,041 |
| Massachusetts | 21 | $28,568 | $16,831 – $106,783 |
| North Carolina | 12 | $38,099 | $25,609 – $49,825 |
| Michigan | 9 | $39,044 | $24,103 – $60,854 |
| Oregon | 4 | $39,937 | $36,432 – $82,295 |
| Louisiana | 8 | $40,072 | $15,666 – $68,828 |
| Delaware | 3 | $41,906 | $33,984 – $52,892 |
| Virginia | 13 | $41,998 | $21,873 – $139,565 |
| Indiana | 8 | $42,351 | $22,507 – $71,369 |
| South Carolina | 8 | $42,497 | $26,417 – $58,443 |
| Alabama | 5 | $43,161 | $40,236 – $125,027 |
| Arkansas | 6 | $43,606 | $29,063 – $56,745 |
| Iowa | 7 | $44,583 | $25,544 – $82,693 |
| Nebraska | 4 | $45,489 | $32,859 – $54,312 |
| Minnesota | 12 | $46,847 | $23,876 – $88,161 |
| Missouri | 11 | $47,464 | $26,321 – $112,063 |
| Ohio | 22 | $47,917 | $18,291 – $89,849 |
| Mississippi | 7 | $49,000 | $31,781 – $114,016 |
| Tennessee | 10 | $49,420 | $24,804 – $155,335 |
| Kentucky | 4 | $51,993 | $28,992 – $57,918 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | $52,613 | $31,026 – $157,718 |
| Illinois | 27 | $53,613 | $25,308 – $96,274 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | $54,421 | $21,607 – $78,276 |
| Kansas | 5 | $55,852 | $35,304 – $174,855 |
| Washington | 9 | $56,811 | $43,555 – $105,870 |
| Arizona | 11 | $60,758 | $34,385 – $119,363 |
| Georgia | 13 | $61,800 | $37,242 – $84,574 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | $64,867 | $33,015 – $286,801 |
| Texas | 34 | $71,257 | $38,643 – $202,165 |
| Florida | 45 | $72,129 | $27,137 – $193,817 |
| Colorado | 4 | $79,539 | $57,801 – $131,510 |
| California | 58 | $97,502 | $39,033 – $442,986 |
| New Jersey | 22 | $97,897 | $53,717 – $158,751 |
| New York | 27 | $103,674 | $31,737 – $179,350 |
| Nevada | 6 | $114,557 | $25,125 – $177,930 |
Where Gastrointestinal Obstruction with 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$11,532 | $10,256 |
|
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Baton Rouge, LA |
$15,666 | $10,820 |
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$15,963 | $14,722 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$16,363 | $14,902 |
|
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Attleboro, MA |
$16,831 | $12,337 |
|
Northwest Hospital Center
Randallstown, MD |
$16,873 | $15,318 |
|
University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton
Easton, MD |
$16,892 | $15,125 |
|
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Brockton, MA |
$17,295 | $11,602 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$17,704 | $16,704 |
|
Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford, MA |
$17,775 | $12,058 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$18,066 | $11,601 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$18,226 | $16,951 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$442,986 | $18,693 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$347,636 | $48,895 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$286,801 | $22,266 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$269,111 | $21,881 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$229,638 | $24,759 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$213,274 | $34,688 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Walnut Creek, CA |
$211,188 | $20,068 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$202,165 | $26,459 |
|
Hca Florida South Shore Hospital
Sun City Center, FL |
$193,817 | $9,531 |
|
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$193,020 | $19,662 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$182,105 | $15,853 |
|
Hca Florida Fawcett Hospital
Port Charlotte, FL |
$181,473 | $12,292 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications?
Across 505 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications is $57,529. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $40,840 and the dearest quarter over $84,574.
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 Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.4x 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. $13,959 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $73,423. 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 388: “GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH 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.