Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 863 · Inpatient stay · 148 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $27,893
Typical charge
$38,229
Dearest quarter
over $52,388
Actually paid
$11,031
The middle U.S. hospital bills $38,229 for Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.5x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $11,031 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 without 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 | 5 | $20,163 | $11,244 – $29,653 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | $21,758 | $14,111 – $39,546 |
| Virginia | 5 | $24,688 | $20,132 – $44,848 |
| Kentucky | 4 | $25,622 | $21,735 – $38,185 |
| North Carolina | 6 | $27,536 | $24,431 – $45,548 |
| Minnesota | 3 | $28,155 | $19,518 – $29,605 |
| Michigan | 5 | $31,207 | $24,134 – $38,950 |
| Missouri | 3 | $34,341 | $24,987 – $39,952 |
| Ohio | 6 | $35,272 | $26,602 – $42,386 |
| Illinois | 7 | $36,438 | $23,246 – $62,172 |
| Tennessee | 3 | $36,455 | $35,841 – $40,327 |
| Indiana | 3 | $37,364 | $24,182 – $55,323 |
| Florida | 21 | $43,032 | $26,998 – $115,181 |
| Texas | 6 | $43,947 | $20,167 – $57,679 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | $53,070 | $33,072 – $56,190 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | $58,295 | $39,705 – $112,376 |
| California | 10 | $62,750 | $21,366 – $148,593 |
| New York | 9 | $63,155 | $28,020 – $170,909 |
| New Jersey | 6 | $73,973 | $49,870 – $102,716 |
Where Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$11,244 | $10,751 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$11,693 | $10,960 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$14,111 | $8,330 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA |
$16,950 | $13,335 |
|
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA |
$18,215 | $10,926 |
|
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA |
$19,103 | $8,727 |
|
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN |
$19,518 | $7,455 |
|
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA |
$20,132 | $8,414 |
|
Mercy Medical Center Inc
Baltimore, MD |
$20,163 | $17,506 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$20,167 | $8,903 |
|
Essentia Health
Fargo, ND |
$20,466 | $7,606 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$20,663 | $18,142 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$170,909 | $14,367 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$148,593 | $20,667 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$132,501 | $13,340 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Walnut Creek, CA |
$115,308 | $11,204 |
|
Delray Medical Center
Delray Beach, FL |
$115,181 | $7,026 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$112,376 | $11,185 |
|
Hca Florida Jfk Hospital
Atlantis, FL |
$102,980 | $9,725 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$102,716 | $12,492 |
|
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ |
$89,670 | $8,937 |
|
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ |
$88,899 | $12,279 |
|
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY |
$88,637 | $12,363 |
|
University Of Colorado Hospital Authority
Aurora, CO |
$85,584 | $12,352 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications?
Across 148 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications is $38,229. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $27,893 and the dearest quarter over $52,388.
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 without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.5x 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. $11,031 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $47,545. 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 863: “POSTOPERATIVE AND POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS 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.