Major Bladder Procedures with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 654 · Inpatient stay · 64 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $125,353
Typical charge
$146,489
Dearest quarter
over $195,051
Actually paid
$33,231
The middle U.S. hospital bills $146,489 for Major Bladder Procedures with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $33,231 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.
Major Bladder Procedures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 4 | $135,311 | $64,672 – $204,265 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $144,451 | $65,549 – $188,284 |
| Florida | 6 | $162,879 | $103,773 – $288,878 |
| Illinois | 4 | $178,204 | $101,154 – $261,887 |
| New York | 3 | $178,505 | $134,169 – $293,668 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | $203,324 | $139,146 – $237,705 |
| California | 6 | $275,959 | $189,870 – $435,517 |
Where Major Bladder Procedures 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$46,139 | $40,800 |
|
Unc Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC |
$64,672 | $30,999 |
|
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA |
$65,549 | $28,738 |
|
University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics
Salt Lake City, UT |
$73,837 | $27,604 |
|
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN |
$96,683 | $24,263 |
|
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL |
$101,154 | $39,188 |
|
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC |
$101,188 | $33,470 |
|
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE |
$102,590 | $26,533 |
|
Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc
Miami Beach, FL |
$103,773 | $23,729 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$106,735 | $23,565 |
|
Avera Mckennan Hospital & University Health Center
Sioux Falls, SD |
$111,264 | $20,455 |
|
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
Greenville, SC |
$112,707 | $26,121 |
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 |
$435,517 | $46,962 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$391,786 | $45,206 |
|
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
San Diego, CA |
$313,638 | $52,606 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$293,668 | $40,580 |
|
Baptist Hospital Of Miami
Miami, FL |
$288,878 | $35,437 |
|
Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center
San Antonio, TX |
$267,931 | $22,966 |
|
The University Of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL |
$261,887 | $64,724 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$242,865 | $35,032 |
|
O U Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK |
$240,369 | $33,063 |
|
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL |
$240,283 | $28,745 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$238,281 | $47,681 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$237,705 | $34,990 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Major Bladder Procedures with Complications?
Across 64 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Major Bladder Procedures with Complications is $146,489. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $125,353 and the dearest quarter over $195,051.
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 Major Bladder Procedures with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.5x 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. $33,231 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $164,763. 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 654: “MAJOR BLADDER PROCEDURES 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.