Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 153 · Inpatient stay · 24 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $31,830
Typical charge
$44,721
Dearest quarter
over $64,049
Actually paid
$8,823
The middle U.S. hospital bills $44,721 for Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $8,823 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.
Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
Where Otitis Media and Uri without 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$9,314 | $8,683 |
|
Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ |
$14,810 | $8,005 |
|
Christiana Hospital
Newark, DE |
$20,260 | $7,728 |
|
Ohio State University State Health System
Columbus, OH |
$22,532 | $7,830 |
|
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL |
$25,512 | $6,862 |
|
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, FL |
$31,079 | $5,800 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |
$32,081 | $10,120 |
|
Naples Community Hospital
Naples, FL |
$34,372 | $5,774 |
|
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, NY |
$40,355 | $8,945 |
|
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA |
$40,873 | $6,709 |
|
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN |
$43,529 | $10,570 |
|
St Josephs Hospital
Tampa, FL |
$44,438 | $6,760 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY |
$128,841 | $15,729 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$110,374 | $12,769 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$85,260 | $11,319 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$69,989 | $10,343 |
|
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY |
$68,620 | $9,689 |
|
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ |
$68,070 | $7,476 |
|
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ |
$62,709 | $8,254 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$61,561 | $9,757 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$55,423 | $10,525 |
|
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX |
$49,639 | $6,374 |
|
The Queens Medical Center
Honolulu, HI |
$47,698 | $7,915 |
|
St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center
Roslyn, NY |
$45,004 | $7,823 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications?
Across 24 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications is $44,721. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $31,830 and the dearest quarter over $64,049.
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 Otitis Media and Uri without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.9x 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. $8,823 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $49,635. 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 153: “OTITIS MEDIA AND URI WITHOUT 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.