Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay · 989 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $42,139
Typical charge
$56,291
Dearest quarter
over $83,064
Actually paid
$13,783
The middle U.S. hospital bills $56,291 for Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $13,783 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.
Red Blood Cell Disorders 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 | 32 | $18,324 | $11,603 – $44,793 |
| Massachusetts | 31 | $26,547 | $16,708 – $97,974 |
| Iowa | 9 | $28,331 | $20,743 – $115,428 |
| North Dakota | 3 | $35,396 | $35,220 – $46,089 |
| Michigan | 31 | $37,752 | $24,062 – $75,571 |
| Oregon | 8 | $38,075 | $23,708 – $68,561 |
| Mississippi | 11 | $40,119 | $25,199 – $119,470 |
| Arkansas | 12 | $40,283 | $32,902 – $61,843 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | $42,536 | $14,363 – $74,639 |
| North Carolina | 30 | $43,507 | $26,526 – $95,334 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | $45,100 | $35,806 – $75,255 |
| Louisiana | 12 | $45,125 | $18,852 – $100,008 |
| West Virginia | 11 | $45,345 | $28,201 – $62,849 |
| Vermont | 3 | $46,144 | $32,527 – $68,468 |
| Virginia | 36 | $46,313 | $20,678 – $177,615 |
| Nebraska | 5 | $46,852 | $38,536 – $55,343 |
| Connecticut | 14 | $47,058 | $29,763 – $79,745 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | $47,809 | $28,463 – $49,310 |
| Alabama | 9 | $47,873 | $18,209 – $140,408 |
| Minnesota | 12 | $48,061 | $28,260 – $121,711 |
| Ohio | 39 | $49,964 | $25,911 – $80,977 |
| Indiana | 20 | $51,321 | $29,747 – $92,271 |
| Kentucky | 11 | $51,650 | $23,438 – $73,128 |
| South Carolina | 20 | $51,829 | $31,867 – $116,290 |
| Utah | 4 | $54,697 | $29,405 – $68,349 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $54,805 | $50,127 – $74,780 |
| Illinois | 49 | $54,830 | $18,523 – $116,628 |
| Delaware | 4 | $55,660 | $39,876 – $68,882 |
| Georgia | 38 | $55,725 | $31,624 – $345,510 |
| Missouri | 16 | $57,725 | $33,873 – $134,831 |
| Washington | 24 | $58,059 | $37,505 – $84,758 |
| Tennessee | 20 | $58,072 | $25,721 – $128,804 |
| Pennsylvania | 47 | $61,185 | $26,791 – $252,252 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | $62,595 | $26,103 – $132,971 |
| Arizona | 10 | $63,442 | $39,012 – $89,388 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | $64,932 | $31,884 – $80,953 |
| Texas | 75 | $66,712 | $36,169 – $186,018 |
| New York | 62 | $72,616 | $20,740 – $174,293 |
| Kansas | 7 | $74,453 | $39,342 – $124,657 |
| Florida | 96 | $85,260 | $23,277 – $198,366 |
| California | 76 | $92,585 | $39,767 – $313,492 |
| New Jersey | 40 | $97,226 | $53,343 – $190,708 |
| Nevada | 9 | $145,091 | $51,203 – $248,352 |
| Colorado | 3 | $149,682 | $64,369 – $158,772 |
Where Red Blood Cell Disorders 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$11,603 | $10,538 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$11,651 | $10,731 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$12,637 | $11,344 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$14,002 | $12,426 |
|
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
La Crosse, WI |
$14,363 | $11,963 |
|
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$14,575 | $13,098 |
|
University Of Md Charles Regional Medical Center
La Plata, MD |
$14,750 | $15,578 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$15,543 | $14,694 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$16,544 | $15,174 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$16,551 | $14,836 |
|
Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford, MA |
$16,708 | $12,147 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$16,936 | $15,160 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Northside Hospital
Atlanta, GA |
$345,510 | $51,846 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$313,492 | $32,242 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$256,509 | $18,106 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$252,252 | $29,831 |
|
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$248,352 | $12,095 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$229,618 | $19,336 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$208,781 | $16,653 |
|
University Hospital And Medical Center
Tamarac, FL |
$198,366 | $19,268 |
|
Ucla West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA |
$194,874 | $12,935 |
|
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA |
$191,901 | $19,431 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$190,708 | $16,807 |
|
Hca Florida Northside Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL |
$188,990 | $13,106 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications?
Across 989 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications is $56,291. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $42,139 and the dearest quarter over $83,064.
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 Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.9x 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. $13,783 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $71,055. 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 811: “RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS 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.