How much does Kidney Failure (with complications) cost?
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay · 2,018 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $24,372
Typical charge
$32,957
Dearest quarter
over $49,619
Actually paid
$8,606
The middle U.S. hospital bills $32,957 for Kidney Failure (with complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $8,606 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 (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 | 40 | $13,791 | $9,487 – $23,307 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | $16,364 | $10,716 – $55,212 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $21,107 | $18,480 – $29,027 |
| Maine | 9 | $21,478 | $18,590 – $37,393 |
| Iowa | 22 | $21,766 | $13,218 – $47,724 |
| Montana | 9 | $22,679 | $14,864 – $27,975 |
| West Virginia | 17 | $23,127 | $12,120 – $41,772 |
| Mississippi | 28 | $23,491 | $11,654 – $90,251 |
| Michigan | 58 | $23,685 | $9,587 – $68,525 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | $24,484 | $19,849 – $32,445 |
| Wyoming | 3 | $24,646 | $22,474 – $31,564 |
| North Carolina | 58 | $24,847 | $14,127 – $45,683 |
| Arkansas | 23 | $24,918 | $13,479 – $57,562 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | $26,327 | $22,325 – $57,284 |
| Virginia | 61 | $26,396 | $15,800 – $77,429 |
| Wisconsin | 41 | $26,520 | $13,564 – $48,782 |
| Louisiana | 34 | $26,894 | $11,342 – $59,896 |
| Alabama | 35 | $27,209 | $12,799 – $98,745 |
| Ohio | 87 | $27,321 | $12,052 – $56,724 |
| Minnesota | 28 | $28,183 | $13,942 – $43,213 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | $28,243 | $11,056 – $78,508 |
| Missouri | 48 | $28,731 | $19,543 – $88,985 |
| Vermont | 5 | $28,757 | $13,821 – $36,128 |
| Nebraska | 17 | $28,847 | $18,879 – $42,721 |
| Tennessee | 48 | $29,052 | $12,742 – $82,049 |
| Kansas | 22 | $29,243 | $16,313 – $83,524 |
| Indiana | 55 | $29,486 | $14,492 – $58,820 |
| Delaware | 6 | $29,503 | $13,288 – $34,415 |
| Oregon | 19 | $29,766 | $16,935 – $45,112 |
| South Dakota | 6 | $29,771 | $14,444 – $34,500 |
| Utah | 12 | $30,356 | $21,446 – $42,628 |
| South Carolina | 43 | $30,859 | $20,906 – $69,530 |
| Kentucky | 37 | $31,322 | $17,100 – $57,737 |
| Hawaii | 4 | $32,055 | $24,812 – $37,957 |
| Idaho | 10 | $32,378 | $21,325 – $42,361 |
| Pennsylvania | 99 | $33,021 | $12,590 – $104,725 |
| Georgia | 68 | $33,056 | $14,650 – $59,529 |
| Illinois | 87 | $34,150 | $16,447 – $56,022 |
| Connecticut | 22 | $34,833 | $26,135 – $51,257 |
| New Mexico | 11 | $34,899 | $18,079 – $65,761 |
| Washington | 39 | $37,062 | $20,963 – $58,893 |
| New York | 98 | $44,817 | $11,070 – $136,242 |
| Arizona | 43 | $45,255 | $25,624 – $117,271 |
| Texas | 136 | $45,548 | $15,609 – $111,848 |
| Alaska | 6 | $49,065 | $39,696 – $82,182 |
| Florida | 142 | $50,296 | $13,360 – $114,051 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | $51,502 | $33,118 – $74,883 |
| Colorado | 26 | $53,849 | $28,060 – $102,047 |
| California | 176 | $59,954 | $21,685 – $184,181 |
| New Jersey | 52 | $64,430 | $37,131 – $282,993 |
| Nevada | 16 | $74,152 | $25,983 – $139,728 |
Where Kidney Failure (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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
Elkton, MD |
$9,487 | $8,562 |
|
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
Tawas City, MI |
$9,587 | $7,766 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$9,984 | $9,125 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$10,058 | $8,946 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$10,062 | $9,307 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$10,560 | $9,443 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$10,630 | $9,739 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$10,716 | $7,319 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$10,906 | $10,043 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$10,998 | $9,964 |
|
Jackson County Memorial Hospital Authority
Altus, OK |
$11,056 | $7,654 |
|
Upmc Chautauqua At Wca
Jamestown, NY |
$11,070 | $7,677 |
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 |
$282,993 | $10,759 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$244,358 | $9,741 |
|
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center
Bayonne, NJ |
$192,640 | $11,279 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$184,181 | $21,544 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$180,184 | $9,731 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$172,033 | $10,063 |
|
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA |
$157,949 | $9,606 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$157,802 | $12,272 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$149,373 | $12,369 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$141,435 | $13,144 |
|
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$139,728 | $9,448 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$136,242 | $11,298 |
Questions people ask
How much does Kidney Failure (with complications) cost in the United States?
Across 2,018 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Kidney Failure (with complications) is $32,957. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $24,372 and the dearest quarter over $49,619.
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 (with complications), 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. $8,606 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $41,156. 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 683: “RENAL FAILURE 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.