Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay · 149 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $67,939
Typical charge
$96,789
Dearest quarter
over $133,170
Actually paid
$22,847
The middle U.S. hospital bills $96,789 for Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $22,847 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 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 | 4 | $37,489 | $22,687 – $50,685 |
| North Carolina | 6 | $50,764 | $38,581 – $96,789 |
| Mississippi | 3 | $57,405 | $39,698 – $78,215 |
| Michigan | 3 | $58,931 | $46,670 – $72,341 |
| Minnesota | 5 | $63,456 | $46,295 – $87,271 |
| Missouri | 5 | $71,978 | $51,266 – $171,382 |
| Tennessee | 5 | $81,704 | $47,119 – $128,812 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | $83,177 | $37,795 – $121,578 |
| Virginia | 4 | $84,415 | $67,178 – $100,783 |
| Ohio | 8 | $85,708 | $48,328 – $149,807 |
| Illinois | 8 | $87,720 | $55,007 – $133,322 |
| Washington | 3 | $98,433 | $77,815 – $109,099 |
| Texas | 12 | $100,171 | $45,995 – $279,492 |
| Florida | 16 | $110,390 | $66,857 – $289,117 |
| New Jersey | 4 | $127,258 | $106,397 – $180,965 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | $133,828 | $56,374 – $317,994 |
| New York | 9 | $162,501 | $83,354 – $185,637 |
| California | 9 | $196,559 | $103,712 – $411,195 |
Where Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures 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 |
$22,687 | $21,151 |
|
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$29,075 | $33,322 |
|
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, ND |
$37,175 | $16,685 |
|
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA |
$37,795 | $21,980 |
|
Rex Hospital
Raleigh, NC |
$38,581 | $12,661 |
|
Forrest General Hospital
Hattiesburg, MS |
$39,698 | $12,396 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$45,902 | $40,770 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$45,995 | $17,315 |
|
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital
Saint Cloud, MN |
$46,295 | $21,322 |
|
Bronson Methodist Hospital
Kalamazoo, MI |
$46,670 | $19,486 |
|
University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR |
$47,065 | $21,583 |
|
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN |
$47,119 | $18,228 |
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 |
$411,195 | $37,467 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$340,150 | $25,527 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$317,994 | $22,907 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$298,062 | $39,376 |
|
Delray Medical Center
Delray Beach, FL |
$289,117 | $11,206 |
|
Medical City Plano
Plano, TX |
$279,492 | $17,950 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$227,172 | $39,290 |
|
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital
Gainesville, FL |
$224,158 | $17,665 |
|
Marion Communtiy Hospital
Ocala, FL |
$208,962 | $15,287 |
|
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA |
$196,559 | $29,281 |
|
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
San Diego, CA |
$193,203 | $41,374 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$188,856 | $27,102 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with?
Across 149 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with is $96,789. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $67,939 and the dearest quarter over $133,170.
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, 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. $22,847 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $113,002. 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 857: “POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES 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.