Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 020 · Inpatient stay · 57 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $268,746
Typical charge
$348,353
Dearest quarter
over $444,305
Actually paid
$98,337
The middle U.S. hospital bills $348,353 for Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.4x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $98,337 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.
Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 3 | $160,216 | $143,467 – $296,119 |
| North Carolina | 3 | $206,693 | $185,865 – $327,974 |
| Washington | 3 | $362,130 | $302,677 – $444,305 |
| Illinois | 3 | $422,534 | $268,746 – $592,792 |
| New York | 6 | $444,521 | $236,785 – $580,001 |
| California | 7 | $662,321 | $327,352 – $1,065,926 |
Where Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |
$143,467 | $96,855 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$146,385 | $95,629 |
|
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA |
$154,600 | $75,208 |
|
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA |
$160,216 | $92,024 |
|
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN |
$171,615 | $75,730 |
|
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc
Morgantown, WV |
$185,097 | $72,090 |
|
Unc Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC |
$185,865 | $92,088 |
|
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI |
$196,919 | $97,287 |
|
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce
Asheville, NC |
$206,693 | $60,246 |
|
Musc Medical Center
Charleston, SC |
$208,983 | $85,479 |
|
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE |
$234,317 | $81,481 |
|
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY |
$236,785 | $105,315 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$1,065,926 | $140,780 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$996,058 | $174,333 |
|
Overlook Medical Center
Summit, NJ |
$816,575 | $109,393 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Walnut Creek, CA |
$805,556 | $149,003 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$789,804 | $122,046 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$662,321 | $157,008 |
|
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA |
$613,849 | $107,977 |
|
The University Of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL |
$592,792 | $145,300 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$580,001 | $115,088 |
|
Covenant Medical Center
Lubbock, TX |
$553,091 | $78,951 |
|
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX |
$497,612 | $113,825 |
|
Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health
Fort Myers, FL |
$485,572 | $66,018 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major?
Across 57 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major is $348,353. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $268,746 and the dearest quarter over $444,305.
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 Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.4x 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. $98,337 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $387,642. 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 020: “INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS HEMORRHAGE 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.