Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay · 166 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $145,584
Typical charge
$189,682
Dearest quarter
over $265,563
Actually paid
$49,001
The middle U.S. hospital bills $189,682 for Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $49,001 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 or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major 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 | $59,650 | $38,276 – $96,685 |
| Tennessee | 3 | $128,655 | $109,072 – $235,241 |
| Minnesota | 5 | $136,559 | $78,119 – $227,076 |
| North Carolina | 3 | $147,455 | $119,189 – $235,266 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $154,412 | $59,139 – $261,496 |
| Indiana | 4 | $161,630 | $100,981 – $199,119 |
| Missouri | 5 | $164,048 | $100,227 – $310,114 |
| Washington | 3 | $164,305 | $121,537 – $198,862 |
| Arizona | 6 | $170,726 | $96,820 – $239,243 |
| Ohio | 8 | $180,516 | $156,615 – $219,268 |
| Illinois | 11 | $185,404 | $111,763 – $466,902 |
| Virginia | 3 | $215,791 | $135,766 – $286,437 |
| Florida | 12 | $219,713 | $119,275 – $526,673 |
| Colorado | 5 | $220,885 | $119,027 – $406,069 |
| New Jersey | 3 | $221,893 | $210,887 – $267,751 |
| Georgia | 6 | $223,238 | $108,136 – $266,751 |
| South Carolina | 3 | $229,333 | $126,809 – $401,235 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | $231,714 | $113,789 – $311,918 |
| Texas | 10 | $233,144 | $121,704 – $565,834 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | $261,997 | $111,474 – $773,246 |
| New York | 7 | $292,191 | $162,737 – $483,726 |
| California | 13 | $348,823 | $172,147 – $1,036,215 |
Where Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major 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 |
$38,276 | $35,518 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$52,777 | $46,825 |
|
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis, MA |
$59,139 | $45,695 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$59,650 | $52,149 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$61,368 | $56,901 |
|
Presbyterian Hospital
Albuquerque, NM |
$74,829 | $25,693 |
|
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital
Saint Cloud, MN |
$78,119 | $41,493 |
|
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Jackson, MS |
$79,865 | $25,667 |
|
Munson Medical Center
Traverse City, MI |
$82,882 | $38,029 |
|
St. George Regional Hospital
St George, UT |
$83,156 | $35,232 |
|
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$96,685 | $89,562 |
|
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, AZ |
$96,820 | $31,824 |
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 |
$1,036,215 | $183,120 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$773,246 | $107,004 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$731,873 | $71,024 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$565,834 | $75,875 |
|
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
San Diego, CA |
$541,194 | $134,133 |
|
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL |
$528,587 | $73,190 |
|
Hca Florida Jfk Hospital
Atlantis, FL |
$526,673 | $38,604 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$519,947 | $51,456 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$483,726 | $88,548 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$477,904 | $85,061 |
|
The University Of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL |
$466,902 | $85,892 |
|
Medical City Plano
Plano, TX |
$423,126 | $34,514 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major?
Across 166 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major is $189,682. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $145,584 and the dearest quarter over $265,563.
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 or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major, 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. $49,001 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $235,440. 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 856: “POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES 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.