Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 041 · Inpatient stay · 99 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $78,868
Typical charge
$103,346
Dearest quarter
over $148,554
Actually paid
$22,772
The middle U.S. hospital bills $103,346 for Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.2x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $22,772 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.
Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 3 | $67,880 | $66,453 – $75,704 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | $68,684 | $56,132 – $131,556 |
| Virginia | 4 | $90,949 | $65,508 – $112,751 |
| Tennessee | 3 | $91,349 | $88,608 – $111,148 |
| Ohio | 3 | $99,526 | $94,456 – $130,568 |
| Texas | 7 | $102,039 | $79,379 – $273,481 |
| Kansas | 4 | $103,290 | $71,054 – $164,676 |
| Georgia | 3 | $107,489 | $102,798 – $174,809 |
| New Jersey | 6 | $122,058 | $94,490 – $143,952 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | $123,537 | $77,432 – $259,101 |
| Florida | 7 | $129,756 | $77,611 – $187,673 |
| New York | 17 | $145,734 | $32,746 – $239,796 |
| California | 5 | $218,763 | $147,005 – $320,668 |
Where Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$31,142 | $27,887 |
|
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY |
$32,746 | $20,246 |
|
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$34,717 | $31,731 |
|
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital
Saint Cloud, MN |
$45,408 | $21,474 |
|
Saint Francis Hospital, Inc
Tulsa, OK |
$56,132 | $16,756 |
|
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY |
$57,830 | $23,861 |
|
St Marys Medical Center
Huntington, WV |
$62,335 | $15,795 |
|
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY |
$63,068 | $30,574 |
|
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK |
$64,760 | $15,792 |
|
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA |
$65,508 | $25,238 |
|
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, ND |
$65,812 | $17,944 |
|
Henry Ford Health St John Hospital
Detroit, MI |
$66,453 | $19,757 |
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 |
$320,668 | $25,967 |
|
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV |
$319,113 | $22,057 |
|
Medical City Plano
Plano, TX |
$273,481 | $16,279 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$272,207 | $35,226 |
|
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$259,101 | $28,864 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$239,796 | $26,453 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$236,797 | $31,875 |
|
Baptist Medical Center
San Antonio, TX |
$233,306 | $18,099 |
|
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, MO |
$220,853 | $21,445 |
|
Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Salinas, CA |
$218,763 | $27,503 |
|
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA |
$205,487 | $18,094 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$196,570 | $38,375 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or?
Across 99 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or is $103,346. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $78,868 and the dearest quarter over $148,554.
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 Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.2x 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. $22,772 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $121,865. 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 041: “PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUR”. 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.