How much does Infection Needing Surgery (severe) cost?
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay · 1,779 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $124,702
Typical charge
$177,949
Dearest quarter
over $264,769
Actually paid
$44,942
The middle U.S. hospital bills $177,949 for Infection Needing Surgery (severe). The dearest hospitals charge about 4.2x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $44,942 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.
Infection Needing Surgery (severe) 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 | 37 | $54,237 | $32,476 – $135,754 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | $80,160 | $31,942 – $310,159 |
| Iowa | 19 | $101,873 | $39,471 – $215,545 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | $107,900 | $86,687 – $212,501 |
| Montana | 8 | $108,895 | $79,393 – $131,846 |
| Michigan | 54 | $115,158 | $62,551 – $376,210 |
| North Carolina | 49 | $123,978 | $48,664 – $317,084 |
| West Virginia | 13 | $124,599 | $86,247 – $209,795 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | $124,933 | $62,750 – $261,826 |
| Mississippi | 22 | $128,206 | $44,472 – $539,953 |
| Ohio | 69 | $130,296 | $57,910 – $330,113 |
| Delaware | 5 | $132,387 | $62,735 – $163,761 |
| Vermont | 3 | $132,606 | $91,518 – $153,947 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $133,113 | $97,340 – $148,464 |
| Arkansas | 19 | $133,559 | $74,817 – $359,922 |
| Minnesota | 20 | $135,528 | $64,840 – $409,238 |
| Virginia | 43 | $135,916 | $75,311 – $566,752 |
| Utah | 12 | $137,439 | $84,335 – $287,789 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | $139,480 | $77,360 – $279,757 |
| Maine | 5 | $140,863 | $92,186 – $216,308 |
| Idaho | 9 | $144,656 | $90,178 – $311,768 |
| Missouri | 44 | $144,978 | $68,924 – $527,709 |
| Oregon | 21 | $145,302 | $73,774 – $243,540 |
| Nebraska | 13 | $145,806 | $93,706 – $191,304 |
| Indiana | 37 | $150,233 | $70,811 – $370,330 |
| Alabama | 29 | $159,497 | $40,732 – $488,592 |
| Kentucky | 26 | $159,932 | $72,010 – $282,890 |
| Hawaii | 8 | $161,630 | $92,222 – $242,827 |
| Kansas | 19 | $162,334 | $61,570 – $406,783 |
| Tennessee | 38 | $165,903 | $42,998 – $482,525 |
| South Carolina | 31 | $166,054 | $93,687 – $406,554 |
| Louisiana | 26 | $168,358 | $81,801 – $452,931 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | $170,358 | $66,333 – $541,491 |
| Connecticut | 21 | $170,592 | $78,825 – $285,168 |
| Pennsylvania | 81 | $170,723 | $43,618 – $681,523 |
| Illinois | 78 | $172,205 | $76,061 – $375,162 |
| New Mexico | 8 | $175,562 | $107,337 – $398,815 |
| Washington | 38 | $176,955 | $83,389 – $349,518 |
| South Dakota | 5 | $178,959 | $103,888 – $188,354 |
| New York | 87 | $197,408 | $59,330 – $681,804 |
| Georgia | 53 | $201,087 | $74,896 – $713,357 |
| Arizona | 39 | $220,797 | $117,041 – $483,000 |
| Texas | 134 | $231,037 | $95,198 – $914,600 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | $235,809 | $126,091 – $505,805 |
| Colorado | 28 | $243,612 | $101,597 – $717,738 |
| New Jersey | 52 | $258,461 | $121,820 – $1,076,278 |
| Florida | 137 | $259,108 | $55,893 – $768,378 |
| Alaska | 6 | $264,232 | $121,246 – $488,612 |
| California | 193 | $297,248 | $112,002 – $1,034,403 |
| Nevada | 16 | $419,592 | $111,459 – $753,989 |
Where Infection Needing Surgery (severe) is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford, MA |
$31,942 | $33,472 |
|
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown, MD |
$32,476 | $31,814 |
|
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
Elkton, MD |
$39,402 | $34,876 |
|
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA |
$39,471 | $39,808 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$39,732 | $37,541 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$39,832 | $36,854 |
|
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center
Olney, MD |
$40,523 | $36,335 |
|
Marshall Medical Centers
Boaz, AL |
$40,732 | $28,828 |
|
Calverthealth Medical Center
Prince Frederick, MD |
$42,577 | $38,325 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$42,881 | $39,484 |
|
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN |
$42,998 | $31,596 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$43,063 | $39,049 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$1,076,278 | $49,441 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$1,054,388 | $49,304 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$1,034,403 | $127,814 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$920,692 | $84,676 |
|
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX |
$914,600 | $62,461 |
|
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
San Francisco, CA |
$859,581 | $179,688 |
|
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA |
$822,569 | $70,664 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$815,153 | $62,810 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$789,538 | $60,098 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$769,553 | $62,093 |
|
Hca Florida Kendall Hospital
Miami, FL |
$768,378 | $49,867 |
|
Hca Houston Healthcare Northwest
Houston, TX |
$754,985 | $49,842 |
Questions people ask
How much does Infection Needing Surgery (severe) cost in the United States?
Across 1,779 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Infection Needing Surgery (severe) is $177,949. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $124,702 and the dearest quarter over $264,769.
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 Infection Needing Surgery (severe), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.2x 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. $44,942 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $232,698. 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 853: “INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES 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.