How much does Kidney Failure (severe) cost?
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay · 1,906 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $38,403
Typical charge
$52,942
Dearest quarter
over $79,099
Actually paid
$13,604
The middle U.S. hospital bills $52,942 for Kidney Failure (severe). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $13,604 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 Failure (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 | 36 | $19,631 | $14,779 – $46,497 |
| Massachusetts | 43 | $26,809 | $15,543 – $90,544 |
| Montana | 8 | $29,819 | $23,538 – $44,017 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $33,814 | $28,397 – $45,734 |
| Iowa | 20 | $35,847 | $20,145 – $79,386 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | $37,264 | $27,394 – $50,499 |
| Nebraska | 15 | $37,701 | $33,236 – $59,049 |
| Arkansas | 23 | $38,201 | $23,148 – $111,055 |
| Michigan | 58 | $38,394 | $10,779 – $84,211 |
| North Carolina | 56 | $38,776 | $21,765 – $81,107 |
| West Virginia | 15 | $39,616 | $24,497 – $103,228 |
| Ohio | 79 | $40,830 | $19,823 – $106,491 |
| Virginia | 52 | $41,227 | $18,822 – $125,476 |
| Vermont | 4 | $42,170 | $21,711 – $71,402 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | $42,424 | $23,133 – $71,560 |
| Mississippi | 26 | $42,595 | $20,435 – $123,832 |
| Missouri | 46 | $44,015 | $26,179 – $126,891 |
| Indiana | 48 | $44,145 | $22,948 – $85,930 |
| Kentucky | 34 | $44,210 | $16,683 – $98,752 |
| Maine | 6 | $44,586 | $33,738 – $66,168 |
| Louisiana | 30 | $44,669 | $21,497 – $102,153 |
| Delaware | 5 | $45,102 | $23,017 – $50,754 |
| Oregon | 21 | $45,143 | $23,778 – $83,192 |
| Oklahoma | 30 | $46,235 | $17,135 – $135,789 |
| Utah | 11 | $46,334 | $32,751 – $57,506 |
| Alabama | 33 | $46,474 | $19,492 – $155,529 |
| Minnesota | 19 | $46,596 | $21,057 – $87,689 |
| South Carolina | 39 | $46,721 | $28,084 – $96,535 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | $46,920 | $34,219 – $86,156 |
| South Dakota | 6 | $47,464 | $19,943 – $60,522 |
| Hawaii | 5 | $48,111 | $33,867 – $80,308 |
| Idaho | 10 | $48,608 | $28,211 – $71,018 |
| Tennessee | 44 | $48,865 | $18,686 – $108,950 |
| Kansas | 17 | $50,974 | $32,209 – $137,998 |
| New Mexico | 12 | $51,682 | $16,646 – $112,472 |
| Illinois | 87 | $52,388 | $24,296 – $97,421 |
| Connecticut | 22 | $53,279 | $34,988 – $80,671 |
| Pennsylvania | 93 | $54,915 | $14,880 – $174,184 |
| Georgia | 59 | $55,312 | $19,071 – $113,021 |
| Washington | 38 | $57,430 | $24,503 – $120,367 |
| Arizona | 38 | $61,233 | $32,523 – $117,939 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | $63,933 | $46,543 – $144,317 |
| Texas | 136 | $64,912 | $18,938 – $167,218 |
| New York | 88 | $69,881 | $13,978 – $212,741 |
| Colorado | 22 | $79,086 | $43,039 – $165,016 |
| Florida | 145 | $80,690 | $24,018 – $163,917 |
| California | 186 | $89,251 | $29,563 – $348,045 |
| Alaska | 5 | $89,294 | $52,877 – $127,601 |
| New Jersey | 53 | $99,550 | $59,683 – $572,299 |
| Nevada | 17 | $122,621 | $20,656 – $264,656 |
Where Kidney Failure (severe) is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
Tawas City, MI |
$10,779 | $12,949 |
|
Olean General Hospital
Olean, NY |
$13,978 | $12,124 |
|
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
Elkton, MD |
$14,779 | $13,134 |
|
Washington Hospital, The
Washington, PA |
$14,880 | $10,602 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$15,244 | $13,954 |
|
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Attleboro, MA |
$15,543 | $11,862 |
|
Brown University Health Morton Hospital
Taunton, MA |
$15,569 | $12,233 |
|
University Of Md Capital Region Medical Center
Upper Marlboro, MD |
$15,697 | $15,120 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$15,708 | $14,015 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$16,380 | $15,317 |
|
Three Crosses Regional Hospital Llc
Las Cruces, NM |
$16,646 | $9,233 |
|
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY |
$16,683 | $10,178 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center
Bayonne, NJ |
$572,299 | $32,401 |
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$422,531 | $17,969 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$422,504 | $14,841 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$348,045 | $40,881 |
|
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA |
$267,261 | $15,727 |
|
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$264,656 | $14,320 |
|
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$259,590 | $17,309 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$254,492 | $15,769 |
|
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$254,361 | $17,023 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$242,350 | $19,741 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$231,441 | $21,475 |
|
Emanuel Medical Center
Turlock, CA |
$227,515 | $16,847 |
Questions people ask
How much does Kidney Failure (severe) cost in the United States?
Across 1,906 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Kidney Failure (severe) is $52,942. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $38,403 and the dearest quarter over $79,099.
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 Failure (severe), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.9x 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. $13,604 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $67,156. 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 682: “RENAL FAILURE 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.