Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 988 · Inpatient stay · 50 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $59,289
Typical charge
$75,741
Dearest quarter
over $114,126
Actually paid
$19,215
The middle U.S. hospital bills $75,741 for Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $19,215 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.
Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4 | $61,538 | $54,050 – $75,457 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | $84,845 | $47,936 – $103,190 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $106,195 | $56,524 – $226,675 |
| Florida | 5 | $111,043 | $67,833 – $145,167 |
| New Jersey | 3 | $128,129 | $50,064 – $185,435 |
| New York | 5 | $142,970 | $61,734 – $182,510 |
| California | 3 | $238,228 | $172,889 – $326,899 |
Where Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with 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 |
$29,226 | $26,030 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$31,020 | $28,465 |
|
Bronson Methodist Hospital
Kalamazoo, MI |
$42,591 | $13,017 |
|
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME |
$47,688 | $18,454 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA |
$47,936 | $21,463 |
|
Centrastate Medical Center
Freehold, NJ |
$50,064 | $20,956 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$53,901 | $21,009 |
|
University Health System
San Antonio, TX |
$54,050 | $30,988 |
|
Saint Francis Hospital, Inc
Tulsa, OK |
$55,551 | $13,529 |
|
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA |
$56,524 | $20,499 |
|
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE |
$57,344 | $15,559 |
|
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX |
$58,312 | $16,706 |
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 |
$326,899 | $31,207 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$238,228 | $21,072 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$226,675 | $18,809 |
|
Beaumont Hospital, Troy
Troy, MI |
$225,484 | $46,131 |
|
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ |
$185,435 | $15,507 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$182,510 | $25,227 |
|
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Santa Rosa, CA |
$172,889 | $19,367 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$165,452 | $27,471 |
|
Delray Medical Center
Delray Beach, FL |
$145,167 | $10,799 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$142,970 | $23,940 |
|
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY |
$134,278 | $23,355 |
|
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ |
$128,129 | $18,871 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with?
Across 50 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with is $75,741. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $59,289 and the dearest quarter over $114,126.
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 Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with, 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. $19,215 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $100,303. 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 988: “NON-EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS 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.