Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 696 · Inpatient stay · 30 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $20,611
Typical charge
$24,528
Dearest quarter
over $41,046
Actually paid
$6,720
The middle U.S. hospital bills $24,528 for Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $6,720 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.
Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 4 | $22,905 | $21,152 – $36,320 |
| Florida | 6 | $30,299 | $21,925 – $50,802 |
| New York | 5 | $49,626 | $38,982 – $66,172 |
Where Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$7,918 | $7,297 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$9,741 | $8,637 |
|
Brown University Health Morton Hospital
Taunton, MA |
$10,310 | $5,926 |
|
The Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Omaha, NE |
$11,156 | $5,577 |
|
Weirton Medical Center, Inc
Weirton, WV |
$16,268 | $4,699 |
|
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, OH |
$16,462 | $6,330 |
|
Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc
Lafayette, LA |
$16,957 | $5,545 |
|
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI |
$20,430 | $6,009 |
|
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA |
$21,152 | $6,006 |
|
Lee Memorial Hospital
Fort Myers, FL |
$21,925 | $6,259 |
|
St Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA |
$22,156 | $5,738 |
|
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals
Harrisburg, PA |
$23,653 | $6,913 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY |
$66,172 | $9,097 |
|
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ |
$62,241 | $5,675 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$60,309 | $9,784 |
|
Orlando Health
Orlando, FL |
$50,802 | $6,836 |
|
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY |
$49,626 | $9,775 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
West Islip, NY |
$49,452 | $7,404 |
|
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston, WV |
$44,076 | $7,288 |
|
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX |
$41,735 | $6,094 |
|
St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
Roslyn, NY |
$38,982 | $6,026 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$38,452 | $7,734 |
|
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA |
$36,320 | $6,436 |
|
Naples Community Hospital
Naples, FL |
$35,818 | $5,875 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications?
Across 30 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications is $24,528. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $20,611 and the dearest quarter over $41,046.
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 Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.7x 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. $6,720 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $30,579. 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 696: “KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 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.