Major Bladder Procedures with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 653 · Inpatient stay · 13 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $179,892
Typical charge
$225,646
Dearest quarter
over $288,896
Actually paid
$61,784
The middle U.S. hospital bills $225,646 for Major Bladder Procedures with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.4x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $61,784 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.
Where Major Bladder Procedures with 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$78,243 | $68,434 |
|
University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics
Salt Lake City, UT |
$121,017 | $52,572 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$158,722 | $62,725 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$179,892 | $43,028 |
|
University Of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority
Madison, WI |
$184,295 | $50,437 |
|
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL |
$199,141 | $65,605 |
|
University Of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS |
$225,646 | $54,269 |
|
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN |
$235,071 | $54,574 |
|
University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
Iowa City, IA |
$270,267 | $57,208 |
|
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Boston, MA |
$288,896 | $73,532 |
|
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL |
$391,993 | $62,493 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$451,677 | $50,255 |
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 |
$750,758 | $108,065 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$451,677 | $50,255 |
|
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL |
$391,993 | $62,493 |
|
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Boston, MA |
$288,896 | $73,532 |
|
University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
Iowa City, IA |
$270,267 | $57,208 |
|
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN |
$235,071 | $54,574 |
|
University Of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS |
$225,646 | $54,269 |
|
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL |
$199,141 | $65,605 |
|
University Of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority
Madison, WI |
$184,295 | $50,437 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$179,892 | $43,028 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$158,722 | $62,725 |
|
University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics
Salt Lake City, UT |
$121,017 | $52,572 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Major Bladder Procedures with Major Complications?
Across 13 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Major Bladder Procedures with Major Complications is $225,646. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $179,892 and the dearest quarter over $288,896.
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 Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.4x 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. $61,784 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $260,217. 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 653: “MAJOR BLADDER PROCEDURES 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.