Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay · 1,074 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $73,147
Typical charge
$100,513
Dearest quarter
over $141,048
Actually paid
$21,981
The middle U.S. hospital bills $100,513 for Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $21,981 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 Small and Large Bowel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 29 | $36,857 | $25,776 – $54,345 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | $50,706 | $32,764 – $110,176 |
| Montana | 7 | $53,902 | $38,007 – $104,983 |
| New Mexico | 5 | $54,939 | $53,693 – $184,406 |
| North Dakota | 4 | $59,786 | $54,931 – $66,075 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | $61,375 | $45,225 – $64,314 |
| Utah | 7 | $64,423 | $58,432 – $137,022 |
| Mississippi | 12 | $65,280 | $41,937 – $154,916 |
| Iowa | 14 | $66,054 | $32,675 – $104,346 |
| Maine | 6 | $67,462 | $62,806 – $113,317 |
| Idaho | 4 | $68,820 | $50,077 – $138,927 |
| Minnesota | 18 | $69,192 | $50,476 – $127,658 |
| Michigan | 32 | $70,321 | $41,707 – $112,545 |
| Arkansas | 15 | $71,070 | $34,139 – $102,928 |
| Nebraska | 9 | $78,136 | $37,266 – $115,320 |
| Missouri | 25 | $81,610 | $32,625 – $254,880 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | $82,618 | $51,269 – $130,620 |
| Tennessee | 20 | $82,706 | $32,296 – $187,002 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | $83,300 | $67,661 – $175,227 |
| Delaware | 4 | $83,937 | $63,075 – $102,129 |
| Alabama | 17 | $84,047 | $39,935 – $294,052 |
| South Dakota | 5 | $84,688 | $55,235 – $98,854 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | $86,153 | $39,519 – $199,378 |
| North Carolina | 28 | $86,538 | $46,388 – $121,523 |
| Oregon | 14 | $86,952 | $58,892 – $120,310 |
| Kentucky | 14 | $88,073 | $40,740 – $145,866 |
| Virginia | 34 | $89,374 | $46,490 – $332,002 |
| Ohio | 37 | $91,861 | $44,466 – $167,767 |
| Connecticut | 14 | $94,236 | $69,666 – $167,626 |
| West Virginia | 9 | $95,255 | $62,187 – $128,763 |
| Indiana | 30 | $96,252 | $53,173 – $175,398 |
| Kansas | 14 | $98,081 | $65,082 – $258,993 |
| Illinois | 47 | $98,944 | $39,333 – $211,663 |
| Georgia | 34 | $99,695 | $60,084 – $226,060 |
| Louisiana | 12 | $101,375 | $53,981 – $236,912 |
| South Carolina | 24 | $109,919 | $49,863 – $257,379 |
| Pennsylvania | 47 | $110,269 | $34,499 – $259,091 |
| Washington | 25 | $112,682 | $59,831 – $187,335 |
| Texas | 81 | $116,812 | $41,682 – $347,410 |
| New York | 49 | $117,343 | $44,756 – $364,599 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $120,643 | $73,002 – $141,025 |
| Arizona | 24 | $134,719 | $76,842 – $271,686 |
| New Jersey | 34 | $136,216 | $74,238 – $418,775 |
| Colorado | 16 | $142,325 | $88,185 – $401,347 |
| Alaska | 6 | $142,370 | $78,839 – $195,918 |
| Florida | 75 | $158,131 | $73,296 – $531,664 |
| California | 80 | $180,851 | $73,130 – $425,087 |
| Nevada | 10 | $206,227 | $80,211 – $326,747 |
Where Major Small and Large Bowel 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$25,776 | $22,878 |
|
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville, MD |
$27,379 | $24,246 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$28,343 | $26,253 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$29,318 | $26,164 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$31,050 | $29,173 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$31,220 | $28,634 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$31,276 | $28,252 |
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$31,982 | $28,873 |
|
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN |
$32,296 | $15,769 |
|
Bothwell Regional Health Center
Sedalia, MO |
$32,625 | $17,750 |
|
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$32,627 | $29,089 |
|
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA |
$32,675 | $19,362 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Hca Florida Oak Hill Hospital
Brooksville, FL |
$531,664 | $19,967 |
|
Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park, FL |
$490,662 | $29,227 |
|
St Lucie Medical Center
Port Saint Lucie, FL |
$481,631 | $25,570 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$425,087 | $31,729 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$418,775 | $21,377 |
|
Hca Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver, CO |
$401,347 | $37,824 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$382,135 | $31,998 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$371,869 | $24,328 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$364,599 | $32,068 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$361,905 | $41,867 |
|
Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital
Panama City, FL |
$359,218 | $17,632 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$358,506 | $30,522 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications?
Across 1,074 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications is $100,513. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $73,147 and the dearest quarter over $141,048.
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 Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.7x 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. $21,981 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $118,796. 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 330: “MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL 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.