Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay · 509 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $17,622
Typical charge
$23,994
Dearest quarter
over $33,553
Actually paid
$5,707
The middle U.S. hospital bills $23,994 for Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $5,707 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 without Complications/mcc 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 | 14 | $7,430 | $5,762 – $11,526 |
| Montana | 5 | $12,734 | $8,925 – $14,897 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | $13,106 | $9,052 – $26,982 |
| Mississippi | 5 | $14,166 | $11,907 – $20,761 |
| Minnesota | 6 | $14,877 | $12,730 – $17,778 |
| West Virginia | 5 | $16,547 | $13,650 – $25,712 |
| Michigan | 10 | $18,036 | $11,827 – $25,760 |
| Arkansas | 11 | $18,410 | $9,076 – $25,279 |
| Nevada | 5 | $18,500 | $17,295 – $69,454 |
| Louisiana | 10 | $18,575 | $14,000 – $38,636 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | $18,810 | $17,510 – $21,401 |
| Virginia | 20 | $18,841 | $11,770 – $56,165 |
| North Carolina | 23 | $18,999 | $11,001 – $28,222 |
| Delaware | 4 | $19,268 | $17,390 – $24,719 |
| Ohio | 15 | $19,481 | $12,789 – $31,542 |
| Missouri | 11 | $19,553 | $11,920 – $29,569 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $19,850 | $16,546 – $22,594 |
| South Carolina | 14 | $20,221 | $15,705 – $64,097 |
| Iowa | 8 | $20,270 | $12,185 – $29,885 |
| Indiana | 7 | $20,365 | $13,291 – $24,800 |
| Oregon | 4 | $20,864 | $14,505 – $25,727 |
| Utah | 3 | $21,421 | $16,111 – $29,462 |
| Tennessee | 10 | $21,460 | $13,070 – $49,311 |
| South Dakota | 4 | $22,120 | $17,377 – $26,242 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | $22,420 | $15,164 – $38,405 |
| Kentucky | 6 | $22,960 | $14,720 – $27,658 |
| Connecticut | 4 | $23,421 | $18,327 – $28,018 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | $23,701 | $20,823 – $30,437 |
| Georgia | 7 | $24,231 | $18,812 – $34,421 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $24,345 | $12,807 – $24,568 |
| Washington | 11 | $25,283 | $14,260 – $51,870 |
| Illinois | 20 | $25,789 | $14,034 – $38,473 |
| Colorado | 3 | $25,819 | $19,514 – $37,577 |
| Arizona | 13 | $26,981 | $16,960 – $44,076 |
| Texas | 42 | $28,842 | $14,510 – $53,672 |
| Kansas | 4 | $29,864 | $21,146 – $57,169 |
| New York | 25 | $31,032 | $11,374 – $82,080 |
| Florida | 43 | $32,005 | $14,760 – $89,211 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | $36,691 | $15,527 – $60,472 |
| Alabama | 5 | $37,965 | $13,228 – $69,613 |
| New Jersey | 19 | $41,361 | $25,044 – $58,089 |
| California | 41 | $45,382 | $17,118 – $103,526 |
Where Gastrointestinal Obstruction without 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$5,762 | $5,393 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$5,897 | $5,528 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$6,042 | $5,753 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$6,271 | $5,703 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$6,457 | $6,037 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$7,025 | $6,330 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$7,326 | $6,826 |
|
University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton
Easton, MD |
$7,534 | $6,768 |
|
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown, MD |
$7,553 | $7,144 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$7,589 | $6,812 |
|
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$7,995 | $7,206 |
|
St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, MT |
$8,925 | $4,639 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Ucla West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA |
$103,526 | $5,740 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$99,331 | $8,198 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$99,237 | $7,039 |
|
Hca Florida Jfk Hospital
Atlantis, FL |
$89,211 | $5,629 |
|
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital
Gainesville, FL |
$86,497 | $5,631 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$84,745 | $12,692 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$83,743 | $5,924 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern
Suffern, NY |
$82,080 | $5,204 |
|
El Camino Health
Mountain View, CA |
$71,574 | $6,736 |
|
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA |
$70,864 | $8,523 |
|
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL |
$69,613 | $4,476 |
|
Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus
Henderson, NV |
$69,454 | $6,159 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc?
Across 509 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc is $23,994. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $17,622 and the dearest quarter over $33,553.
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 without Complications/mcc, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.5x 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. $5,707 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $28,072. 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 390: “GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION 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.