Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 651 · Inpatient stay · 28 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $280,922
Typical charge
$329,269
Dearest quarter
over $430,437
Actually paid
$54,671
The middle U.S. hospital bills $329,269 for Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.3x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $54,671 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 Transplant with Hemodialysis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 3 | $329,462 | $308,165 – $433,509 |
| California | 6 | $532,020 | $289,293 – $1,091,853 |
Where Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$147,294 | $135,755 |
|
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
$214,604 | $37,127 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ |
$223,159 | $42,694 |
|
University Of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA |
$232,415 | $48,420 |
|
University Of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI |
$253,950 | $55,555 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$276,858 | $54,175 |
|
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ |
$277,352 | $36,471 |
|
Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, UT |
$282,112 | $43,153 |
|
Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$289,293 | $62,027 |
|
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis, MO |
$299,565 | $75,953 |
|
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC |
$304,535 | $41,385 |
|
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL |
$308,165 | $39,298 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$1,091,853 | $43,121 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$862,660 | $54,295 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$672,957 | $56,858 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$466,271 | $44,736 |
|
University Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$436,704 | $37,724 |
|
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL |
$436,611 | $31,976 |
|
The University Of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL |
$433,509 | $64,457 |
|
University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc
Cincinnati, OH |
$429,414 | $48,115 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$403,602 | $90,868 |
|
Uci Health-Orange
Orange, CA |
$391,082 | $64,159 |
|
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL |
$359,421 | $78,171 |
|
University Of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority
Madison, WI |
$338,901 | $68,121 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis without Major Complications?
Across 28 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis without Major Complications is $329,269. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $280,922 and the dearest quarter over $430,437.
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 Transplant with Hemodialysis without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.3x 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. $54,671 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $381,019. 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 651: “KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WITH HEMODIALYSIS 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.