How much does Respiratory Failure cost?
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay · 2,098 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $34,625
Typical charge
$48,417
Dearest quarter
over $70,642
Actually paid
$12,026
The middle U.S. hospital bills $48,417 for Respiratory Failure. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $12,026 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.
Respiratory Failure 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 | 39 | $20,761 | $14,698 – $198,156 |
| Vermont | 5 | $24,090 | $21,637 – $42,273 |
| Massachusetts | 46 | $24,147 | $15,684 – $93,858 |
| Iowa | 28 | $30,684 | $17,062 – $77,225 |
| Wyoming | 4 | $31,461 | $25,351 – $44,607 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | $32,877 | $22,572 – $59,312 |
| Michigan | 70 | $34,237 | $14,636 – $78,494 |
| Montana | 10 | $34,656 | $20,208 – $42,280 |
| South Dakota | 10 | $35,152 | $15,612 – $58,600 |
| Mississippi | 28 | $35,587 | $12,786 – $122,295 |
| North Dakota | 7 | $35,604 | $13,376 – $67,671 |
| Arkansas | 22 | $36,673 | $19,043 – $111,188 |
| New Mexico | 15 | $37,286 | $21,849 – $92,569 |
| Kentucky | 42 | $37,371 | $19,264 – $72,789 |
| Wisconsin | 45 | $37,453 | $19,244 – $65,873 |
| Indiana | 60 | $37,756 | $19,367 – $98,921 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | $37,799 | $29,442 – $57,160 |
| West Virginia | 15 | $37,992 | $15,494 – $63,299 |
| Oklahoma | 33 | $38,455 | $18,525 – $117,976 |
| Maine | 10 | $38,593 | $16,420 – $63,860 |
| North Carolina | 60 | $38,948 | $12,253 – $88,473 |
| Minnesota | 34 | $39,539 | $12,440 – $146,896 |
| Oregon | 22 | $39,700 | $25,950 – $63,437 |
| Idaho | 12 | $40,933 | $24,640 – $61,801 |
| Louisiana | 32 | $41,177 | $22,130 – $105,233 |
| Virginia | 60 | $41,509 | $20,171 – $134,772 |
| Ohio | 93 | $41,699 | $16,102 – $105,170 |
| Missouri | 46 | $42,042 | $19,006 – $134,048 |
| Hawaii | 8 | $42,332 | $37,109 – $62,653 |
| Delaware | 6 | $42,712 | $20,792 – $60,087 |
| Tennessee | 48 | $42,985 | $20,591 – $115,000 |
| Nebraska | 15 | $43,234 | $31,558 – $52,800 |
| Utah | 14 | $43,556 | $27,550 – $62,030 |
| Kansas | 26 | $43,810 | $17,612 – $111,790 |
| Alabama | 37 | $44,543 | $14,182 – $123,857 |
| Connecticut | 22 | $47,929 | $29,344 – $92,643 |
| South Carolina | 36 | $48,129 | $26,455 – $96,002 |
| Illinois | 92 | $50,436 | $22,077 – $104,906 |
| Georgia | 67 | $50,556 | $20,134 – $99,889 |
| Washington | 40 | $51,980 | $23,585 – $92,943 |
| Pennsylvania | 98 | $52,304 | $13,514 – $202,925 |
| New York | 101 | $54,483 | $15,695 – $171,896 |
| Arizona | 37 | $57,970 | $8,930 – $112,583 |
| Texas | 144 | $63,011 | $30,285 – $174,094 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | $67,988 | $54,368 – $131,526 |
| Colorado | 31 | $68,209 | $28,693 – $137,082 |
| Florida | 139 | $73,395 | $15,361 – $202,550 |
| Alaska | 6 | $78,411 | $39,728 – $111,316 |
| New Jersey | 46 | $87,741 | $54,097 – $561,008 |
| California | 195 | $89,062 | $36,894 – $369,459 |
| Nevada | 18 | $96,130 | $25,229 – $193,948 |
Where Respiratory Failure is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation
Tuba City, AZ |
$8,930 | $15,951 |
|
Northern Regional Hospital
Mount Airy, NC |
$12,253 | $9,103 |
|
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN |
$12,440 | $9,176 |
|
Highland Hills Medical Center
Senatobia, MS |
$12,786 | $8,950 |
|
P H S Indian Hosp At Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick
Belcourt, ND |
$13,376 | $13,836 |
|
Washington Hospital, The
Washington, PA |
$13,514 | $9,341 |
|
Heritage Valley Beaver
Beaver, PA |
$13,930 | $9,974 |
|
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL |
$14,182 | $9,613 |
|
Carteret General Hospital
Morehead City, NC |
$14,489 | $10,785 |
|
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
Tawas City, MI |
$14,636 | $10,649 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$14,698 | $13,098 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$15,001 | $13,665 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$561,008 | $16,468 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$455,479 | $13,529 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$369,459 | $33,952 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$348,855 | $27,973 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$267,668 | $18,266 |
|
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA |
$241,893 | $13,115 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$226,829 | $15,348 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$224,183 | $13,261 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$220,223 | $20,744 |
|
Garfield Medical Center
Monterey Park, CA |
$215,160 | $13,170 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$209,378 | $13,719 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$202,925 | $22,112 |
Questions people ask
How much does Respiratory Failure cost in the United States?
Across 2,098 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Respiratory Failure is $48,417. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $34,625 and the dearest quarter over $70,642.
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 Respiratory Failure, 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. $12,026 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $57,943. 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 189: “PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE”. 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.