Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay · 404 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $30,048
Typical charge
$41,423
Dearest quarter
over $58,450
Actually paid
$10,329
The middle U.S. hospital bills $41,423 for Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $10,329 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.
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 8 | $14,372 | $10,314 – $24,722 |
| Arkansas | 3 | $18,656 | $16,166 – $36,807 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | $23,413 | $10,777 – $64,922 |
| Iowa | 4 | $24,956 | $21,400 – $84,416 |
| Minnesota | 13 | $27,193 | $19,478 – $48,341 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | $27,265 | $22,474 – $42,425 |
| South Carolina | 6 | $31,593 | $26,527 – $41,650 |
| Michigan | 8 | $31,840 | $19,814 – $45,172 |
| Missouri | 10 | $31,850 | $18,856 – $64,117 |
| Oregon | 4 | $32,471 | $19,256 – $38,068 |
| Virginia | 12 | $33,423 | $23,135 – $80,527 |
| Indiana | 7 | $34,761 | $19,617 – $40,471 |
| Maine | 3 | $35,619 | $19,591 – $35,887 |
| North Carolina | 16 | $36,104 | $15,881 – $57,467 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | $38,135 | $29,159 – $63,242 |
| Ohio | 25 | $38,234 | $26,886 – $81,287 |
| Washington | 10 | $38,808 | $21,141 – $60,212 |
| Utah | 3 | $39,828 | $38,116 – $47,269 |
| Georgia | 6 | $40,561 | $19,326 – $61,649 |
| Kansas | 5 | $40,996 | $27,219 – $131,317 |
| Tennessee | 6 | $42,098 | $13,078 – $71,923 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | $43,342 | $25,707 – $45,531 |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | $43,436 | $25,066 – $131,040 |
| Illinois | 22 | $44,218 | $25,379 – $73,899 |
| Connecticut | 4 | $44,453 | $39,002 – $53,825 |
| Florida | 32 | $45,905 | $29,176 – $142,262 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $46,184 | $35,859 – $51,632 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $48,320 | $34,027 – $53,906 |
| Arizona | 11 | $49,302 | $29,888 – $72,005 |
| Texas | 11 | $51,041 | $32,749 – $89,485 |
| New York | 23 | $60,334 | $17,240 – $125,736 |
| Colorado | 3 | $64,601 | $60,635 – $75,479 |
| New Jersey | 20 | $74,279 | $41,602 – $117,190 |
| California | 35 | $78,883 | $25,108 – $228,164 |
Where Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with 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 |
$10,314 | $9,493 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$10,777 | $8,416 |
|
Emerson Hospital -
W Concord, MA |
$11,779 | $8,283 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$11,925 | $10,755 |
|
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Attleboro, MA |
$12,483 | $8,827 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$12,824 | $11,419 |
|
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN |
$13,078 | $6,966 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$14,055 | $13,030 |
|
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA |
$14,396 | $8,643 |
|
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville, MD |
$14,689 | $12,932 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$14,880 | $8,731 |
|
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Brockton, MA |
$15,619 | $9,268 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$228,164 | $16,943 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$208,290 | $19,238 |
|
Hca Florida Lawnwood Hospital
Fort Pierce, FL |
$142,262 | $8,781 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Walnut Creek, CA |
$137,587 | $11,134 |
|
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA |
$132,660 | $12,433 |
|
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, KS |
$131,317 | $9,408 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$131,040 | $12,698 |
|
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA |
$130,650 | $12,942 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$128,954 | $18,444 |
|
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY |
$125,736 | $13,414 |
|
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
San Diego, CA |
$123,954 | $25,609 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$121,238 | $20,759 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with?
Across 404 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with is $41,423. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $30,048 and the dearest quarter over $58,450.
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 Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy 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. $10,329 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $49,225. 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 543: “PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY 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.