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Minor Bladder Procedures with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge

MS-DRG 663 · Inpatient stay · 2 U.S. hospitals publish a price

Cheapest quarter

under $74,639

Typical charge

$95,221

Dearest quarter

over $115,803

Actually paid

$12,868

The middle U.S. hospital bills $95,221 for Minor Bladder Procedures with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.1x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $12,868 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 Minor 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
Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc

Miami Beach, FL

$54,057 $13,393
Adventhealth Orlando

Orlando, FL

$136,385 $12,343

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
Adventhealth Orlando

Orlando, FL

$136,385 $12,343
Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc

Miami Beach, FL

$54,057 $13,393

Questions people ask

What do U.S. hospitals charge for Minor Bladder Procedures with Complications?

Across 2 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Minor Bladder Procedures with Complications is $95,221. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $74,639 and the dearest quarter over $115,803.

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 Minor Bladder Procedures with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.1x 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. $12,868 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $97,011. 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 663: “MINOR 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.