Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay · 277 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $52,827
Typical charge
$74,139
Dearest quarter
over $106,089
Actually paid
$19,511
The middle U.S. hospital bills $74,139 for Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $19,511 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.
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections 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 | 9 | $22,716 | $16,510 – $128,404 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | $42,763 | $19,910 – $112,587 |
| Arkansas | 3 | $47,001 | $46,360 – $64,701 |
| Michigan | 7 | $49,310 | $32,161 – $80,520 |
| Mississippi | 4 | $49,517 | $30,261 – $91,898 |
| North Carolina | 6 | $50,881 | $38,454 – $59,002 |
| Alabama | 4 | $52,487 | $44,729 – $160,684 |
| Missouri | 3 | $57,766 | $39,608 – $61,526 |
| Minnesota | 5 | $58,271 | $35,956 – $107,623 |
| Indiana | 5 | $62,234 | $44,003 – $92,125 |
| Oregon | 3 | $63,311 | $51,467 – $80,443 |
| Arizona | 10 | $66,454 | $53,499 – $112,946 |
| Tennessee | 9 | $66,512 | $49,996 – $125,113 |
| South Carolina | 6 | $68,348 | $38,512 – $109,094 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $70,471 | $57,902 – $132,679 |
| Virginia | 9 | $70,539 | $31,994 – $158,617 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | $71,169 | $63,502 – $87,718 |
| Ohio | 12 | $71,324 | $34,066 – $104,243 |
| Illinois | 12 | $76,399 | $34,180 – $91,680 |
| Colorado | 4 | $78,765 | $70,349 – $98,499 |
| Georgia | 7 | $82,589 | $64,318 – $92,177 |
| Washington | 5 | $83,351 | $52,305 – $116,854 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | $87,868 | $43,987 – $198,143 |
| Florida | 21 | $89,806 | $49,492 – $180,151 |
| Texas | 14 | $93,909 | $39,169 – $147,326 |
| Kansas | 3 | $106,219 | $101,116 – $137,657 |
| New Jersey | 12 | $107,250 | $67,555 – $290,176 |
| New York | 15 | $107,317 | $51,634 – $236,673 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | $108,674 | $73,494 – $140,733 |
| California | 25 | $126,551 | $52,758 – $323,025 |
Where Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$16,510 | $15,420 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$17,732 | $16,904 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$18,526 | $16,712 |
|
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth, MA |
$19,910 | $12,281 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$20,534 | $18,220 |
|
Northwest Hospital Center
Randallstown, MD |
$22,716 | $20,065 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$23,427 | $20,727 |
|
North Shore Medical Center -
Salem, MA |
$23,460 | $15,551 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$24,686 | $21,980 |
|
Northeast Hospital Corporation
Beverly, MA |
$25,737 | $15,149 |
|
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis, MA |
$29,250 | $19,045 |
|
Forrest General Hospital
Hattiesburg, MS |
$30,261 | $9,813 |
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 |
$323,025 | $45,785 |
|
Englewood Hospital And Medical Center
Englewood, NJ |
$290,176 | $31,740 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$241,775 | $24,807 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$241,408 | $19,113 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$236,673 | $35,256 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$223,368 | $26,488 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$217,778 | $19,832 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$212,897 | $27,558 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$200,280 | $36,273 |
|
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY |
$198,362 | $42,179 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$198,143 | $24,186 |
|
Keck Hospital Of Usc
Los Angeles, CA |
$186,672 | $44,016 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications?
Across 277 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications is $74,139. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $52,827 and the dearest quarter over $106,089.
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 Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections 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. $19,511 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $90,028. 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 862: “POSTOPERATIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS 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.