Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 963 · Inpatient stay · 54 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $97,620
Typical charge
$127,391
Dearest quarter
over $164,713
Actually paid
$34,190
The middle U.S. hospital bills $127,391 for Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $34,190 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.
Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major 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 | 3 | $36,837 | $28,540 – $164,987 |
| Minnesota | 3 | $82,327 | $66,459 – $225,806 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | $98,086 | $32,421 – $163,891 |
| Missouri | 4 | $131,445 | $105,809 – $147,947 |
| Florida | 3 | $144,269 | $97,116 – $221,924 |
| New York | 4 | $149,680 | $119,554 – $299,489 |
| New Jersey | 4 | $207,546 | $186,825 – $289,059 |
| California | 3 | $406,091 | $262,228 – $432,283 |
Where Other Multiple Significant Trauma 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$28,540 | $25,354 |
|
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth, MA |
$32,421 | $22,198 |
|
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$36,837 | $32,361 |
|
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA |
$51,036 | $29,928 |
|
Saint Francis Hospital, Inc
Tulsa, OK |
$64,939 | $19,578 |
|
North Memorial Health Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN |
$66,459 | $21,558 |
|
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN |
$77,043 | $24,478 |
|
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE |
$79,503 | $24,100 |
|
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA |
$80,559 | $38,442 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$82,327 | $33,343 |
|
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN |
$84,402 | $19,379 |
|
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA |
$84,683 | $27,308 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$432,283 | $58,477 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$406,091 | $43,611 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$299,489 | $46,373 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$289,059 | $39,123 |
|
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
$270,409 | $45,514 |
|
Uci Health-Orange
Orange, CA |
$262,228 | $51,869 |
|
O U Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK |
$246,700 | $37,283 |
|
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN |
$225,806 | $64,701 |
|
Delray Medical Center
Delray Beach, FL |
$221,924 | $17,821 |
|
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ |
$214,198 | $32,218 |
|
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, NJ |
$200,895 | $31,002 |
|
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ |
$186,825 | $38,713 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications?
Across 54 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications is $127,391. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $97,620 and the dearest quarter over $164,713.
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 Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major 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. $34,190 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $149,213. 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 963: “OTHER MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA 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.