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Hypertension without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge

MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay · 790 U.S. hospitals publish a price

Cheapest quarter

under $25,614

Typical charge

$33,498

Dearest quarter

over $51,387

Actually paid

$7,304

The middle U.S. hospital bills $33,498 for Hypertension without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $7,304 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.

Hypertension without 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 22 $12,212 $5,616 – $17,977
Massachusetts 21 $16,816 $11,260 – $48,468
Arkansas 13 $21,822 $13,587 – $53,214
West Virginia 7 $22,959 $17,391 – $41,189
Alabama 12 $24,436 $16,788 – $71,389
Michigan 23 $24,468 $15,468 – $35,991
Iowa 4 $25,233 $13,273 – $27,754
Louisiana 8 $25,680 $14,766 – $51,417
Oklahoma 10 $26,028 $16,736 – $69,692
Mississippi 9 $26,097 $12,257 – $58,683
North Carolina 22 $26,451 $17,932 – $38,537
Delaware 4 $26,588 $21,137 – $29,899
Missouri 25 $26,950 $18,170 – $87,958
Minnesota 7 $27,721 $18,874 – $32,780
Indiana 13 $28,144 $15,451 – $45,342
Virginia 22 $28,444 $17,258 – $71,713
South Carolina 16 $28,874 $14,831 – $57,771
Ohio 35 $29,932 $15,366 – $59,576
Wisconsin 3 $30,382 $25,412 – $36,121
Tennessee 24 $30,423 $13,612 – $67,164
Kentucky 10 $30,820 $17,635 – $46,806
Illinois 37 $31,331 $19,595 – $52,711
South Dakota 3 $32,993 $32,495 – $41,219
Pennsylvania 38 $33,382 $19,885 – $81,373
Idaho 4 $34,861 $23,254 – $43,329
Connecticut 9 $35,432 $24,798 – $58,395
Georgia 29 $37,145 $18,565 – $62,608
Washington 8 $40,726 $32,532 – $52,416
Arizona 17 $41,986 $29,280 – $94,776
Florida 99 $43,422 $22,593 – $106,781
Kansas 8 $43,844 $22,608 – $92,879
Texas 63 $45,327 $24,984 – $102,487
New York 46 $48,630 $14,097 – $133,300
New Jersey 34 $52,649 $21,220 – $98,851
New Hampshire 3 $53,761 $25,442 – $57,618
Colorado 3 $56,496 $41,422 – $62,185
California 55 $60,756 $25,468 – $127,788
Nevada 10 $97,228 $24,423 – $109,816

Where Hypertension without 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
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center

Columbia, MD

 $5,616 $5,246
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center

Towson, MD

 $7,150 $6,393
Suburban Hospital

Bethesda, MD

 $7,672 $6,886
Frederick Health Hospital

Frederick, MD

 $8,522 $7,683
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center

Rockville, MD

 $9,360 $8,344
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center

Rosedale, MD

 $9,676 $8,723
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc

Annapolis, MD

 $9,959 $9,125
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center

Silver Spring, MD

 $10,697 $9,763
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital

Baltimore, MD

 $11,179 $9,910
Winchester Hospital

Winchester, MA

 $11,260 $6,078
Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

 $11,690 $10,266
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc

Salisbury, MD

 $12,136 $10,892

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

 $133,300 $10,221
Riverside Community Hospital

Riverside, CA

 $127,788 $10,142
Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA

 $124,835 $12,963
Good Samaritan Hospital

San Jose, CA

 $121,254 $8,623
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

 $113,248 $10,357
Valley Hospital Medical Center

Las Vegas, NV

 $109,816 $7,920
Hca Florida Osceola Hospital

Kissimmee, FL

 $106,781 $8,559
Hca Florida Twin Cities Hospital

Niceville, FL

 $106,337 $5,030
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

Las Vegas, NV

 $104,254 $7,101
Northridge Hospital Medical Center

Northridge, CA

 $103,299 $8,534
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center

Las Vegas, NV

 $103,118 $9,261
Medical City Lewisville

Lewisville, TX

 $102,487 $7,391

Questions people ask

What do U.S. hospitals charge for Hypertension without Major Complications?

Across 790 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Hypertension without Major Complications is $33,498. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $25,614 and the dearest quarter over $51,387.

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 Hypertension without Major Complications, 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. $7,304 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $41,650. 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 305: “HYPERTENSION WITHOUT 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.

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