How much does Infection Needing Surgery (with complications) cost?
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay · 720 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $59,664
Typical charge
$82,983
Dearest quarter
over $121,539
Actually paid
$18,980
The middle U.S. hospital bills $82,983 for Infection Needing Surgery (with complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 4.1x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $18,980 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 (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 | 21 | $27,519 | $16,908 – $40,930 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | $39,361 | $23,131 – $109,893 |
| Montana | 5 | $41,989 | $34,740 – $80,117 |
| New Mexico | 3 | $50,822 | $35,153 – $84,454 |
| North Dakota | 4 | $51,934 | $41,458 – $58,439 |
| Iowa | 11 | $53,227 | $31,430 – $81,764 |
| Michigan | 20 | $54,769 | $28,311 – $91,365 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | $56,382 | $40,591 – $111,365 |
| Mississippi | 8 | $57,121 | $41,283 – $151,585 |
| Arkansas | 11 | $58,296 | $43,731 – $199,544 |
| Missouri | 16 | $58,459 | $46,555 – $196,836 |
| Minnesota | 11 | $59,993 | $42,891 – $78,908 |
| Utah | 3 | $60,134 | $52,145 – $69,241 |
| Oregon | 7 | $61,374 | $56,436 – $83,373 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $61,502 | $56,428 – $78,068 |
| Kentucky | 11 | $62,117 | $31,416 – $87,877 |
| Idaho | 4 | $62,159 | $47,599 – $99,356 |
| Tennessee | 20 | $62,318 | $18,443 – $125,060 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | $62,851 | $45,278 – $160,023 |
| North Carolina | 17 | $64,005 | $41,257 – $97,902 |
| Alabama | 7 | $67,512 | $39,858 – $215,818 |
| Ohio | 22 | $68,764 | $44,251 – $112,628 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $68,794 | $62,170 – $81,795 |
| Virginia | 32 | $68,847 | $43,126 – $277,300 |
| Kansas | 9 | $72,773 | $44,121 – $189,814 |
| Delaware | 3 | $73,636 | $56,705 – $80,081 |
| Connecticut | 4 | $73,662 | $57,730 – $82,972 |
| West Virginia | 6 | $76,306 | $52,031 – $111,090 |
| Illinois | 34 | $77,711 | $40,666 – $152,390 |
| Indiana | 16 | $77,831 | $45,679 – $122,735 |
| Louisiana | 11 | $78,463 | $40,264 – $195,851 |
| Colorado | 7 | $87,440 | $42,781 – $269,005 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | $87,917 | $36,246 – $189,818 |
| Washington | 14 | $91,650 | $53,850 – $128,766 |
| South Carolina | 14 | $92,848 | $53,091 – $190,374 |
| Arizona | 18 | $96,098 | $66,915 – $156,245 |
| Georgia | 18 | $96,521 | $56,955 – $249,839 |
| New York | 35 | $96,583 | $39,683 – $225,083 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | $102,040 | $65,710 – $163,228 |
| Texas | 58 | $110,390 | $64,469 – $339,319 |
| New Jersey | 26 | $110,561 | $72,101 – $245,468 |
| Florida | 52 | $126,690 | $67,871 – $391,467 |
| Nevada | 4 | $138,486 | $48,048 – $456,584 |
| California | 80 | $141,448 | $52,427 – $410,560 |
Where Infection Needing Surgery (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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown, MD |
$16,908 | $16,227 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$18,214 | $17,441 |
|
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN |
$18,443 | $12,408 |
|
University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton
Easton, MD |
$18,693 | $16,728 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$18,967 | $18,535 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$21,012 | $19,500 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$21,413 | $19,457 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$23,131 | $16,297 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$24,193 | $21,721 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$24,650 | $23,137 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$24,690 | $22,420 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$26,539 | $23,653 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$456,584 | $25,029 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$410,560 | $25,642 |
|
Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park, FL |
$391,467 | $16,588 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$389,734 | $26,039 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$372,782 | $36,534 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$345,570 | $21,495 |
|
Hca Houston Healthcare Kingwood
Kingwood, TX |
$339,319 | $23,001 |
|
Hca Florida Trinity Hospital
Trinity, FL |
$335,009 | $22,745 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$329,289 | $26,032 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$327,893 | $20,375 |
|
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital
Gainesville, FL |
$314,356 | $22,322 |
|
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA |
$310,290 | $24,143 |
Questions people ask
How much does Infection Needing Surgery (with complications) cost in the United States?
Across 720 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Infection Needing Surgery (with complications) is $82,983. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $59,664 and the dearest quarter over $121,539.
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 (with complications), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.1x 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. $18,980 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $100,093. 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 854: “INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES 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.