How much does Respiratory Infection (with complications) cost?
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay · 1,020 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $28,047
Typical charge
$37,178
Dearest quarter
over $54,151
Actually paid
$9,313
The middle U.S. hospital bills $37,178 for Respiratory Infection (with complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $9,313 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 Infection (with 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 | 33 | $13,862 | $10,586 – $33,687 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | $19,882 | $13,317 – $61,942 |
| Montana | 3 | $20,743 | $16,953 – $24,809 |
| Arkansas | 11 | $26,791 | $14,956 – $40,047 |
| Alabama | 18 | $26,857 | $16,459 – $68,360 |
| Iowa | 11 | $27,199 | $15,415 – $38,818 |
| Idaho | 4 | $27,874 | $21,437 – $37,355 |
| Mississippi | 11 | $27,958 | $19,138 – $74,914 |
| Minnesota | 20 | $28,066 | $18,354 – $57,165 |
| Michigan | 26 | $28,232 | $17,882 – $48,384 |
| Wyoming | 3 | $28,859 | $22,266 – $37,173 |
| Virginia | 27 | $29,359 | $19,076 – $69,030 |
| Oregon | 8 | $29,388 | $26,231 – $70,330 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | $30,704 | $26,553 – $38,618 |
| Missouri | 25 | $30,806 | $17,978 – $102,225 |
| Ohio | 51 | $30,843 | $19,826 – $89,350 |
| Tennessee | 15 | $30,954 | $14,808 – $51,292 |
| North Carolina | 37 | $31,035 | $20,643 – $55,361 |
| Vermont | 3 | $32,045 | $29,665 – $49,139 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | $32,143 | $23,577 – $66,223 |
| West Virginia | 11 | $32,440 | $13,353 – $47,490 |
| Indiana | 24 | $33,639 | $16,580 – $62,265 |
| Delaware | 4 | $34,413 | $27,394 – $42,364 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | $34,861 | $23,409 – $56,243 |
| Nebraska | 6 | $35,071 | $26,398 – $66,927 |
| Connecticut | 15 | $35,805 | $28,681 – $49,006 |
| Kentucky | 14 | $35,873 | $17,966 – $61,068 |
| North Dakota | 3 | $36,361 | $22,160 – $37,077 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | $36,579 | $22,904 – $61,517 |
| South Carolina | 22 | $36,634 | $19,808 – $73,228 |
| Louisiana | 14 | $36,717 | $23,557 – $64,562 |
| Georgia | 23 | $37,393 | $22,399 – $82,648 |
| Illinois | 53 | $37,712 | $18,244 – $84,349 |
| Washington | 13 | $39,038 | $26,871 – $50,150 |
| Maine | 4 | $41,954 | $24,889 – $56,805 |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | $43,488 | $11,095 – $134,038 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $44,084 | $40,993 – $47,433 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $44,236 | $37,669 – $68,357 |
| Texas | 50 | $46,275 | $21,440 – $96,389 |
| Kansas | 7 | $46,281 | $30,337 – $107,314 |
| Florida | 83 | $47,919 | $15,299 – $121,110 |
| Colorado | 7 | $52,433 | $36,087 – $179,421 |
| Arizona | 17 | $54,074 | $30,500 – $65,397 |
| New York | 70 | $54,647 | $16,345 – $168,684 |
| New Jersey | 41 | $68,258 | $30,230 – $287,831 |
| Nevada | 5 | $73,347 | $36,517 – $126,026 |
| California | 66 | $74,019 | $33,865 – $161,694 |
Where Respiratory Infection (with complications) is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$10,586 | $9,570 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$10,843 | $10,124 |
|
Washington Hospital, The
Washington, PA |
$11,095 | $7,268 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$11,908 | $10,560 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$12,147 | $10,841 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$12,241 | $10,939 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$12,325 | $11,362 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$12,576 | $11,777 |
|
University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton
Easton, MD |
$12,729 | $11,555 |
|
Medstar Harbor Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$12,825 | $11,734 |
|
Calverthealth Medical Center
Prince Frederick, MD |
$12,897 | $11,605 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$13,170 | $12,001 |
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 Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$287,831 | $10,039 |
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$275,618 | $12,490 |
|
Saint Joseph Hospital
Denver, CO |
$179,421 | $13,026 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$168,684 | $13,569 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$161,694 | $13,663 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$155,067 | $19,760 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$143,272 | $11,108 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
Walnut Creek, CA |
$134,423 | $12,235 |
|
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$134,038 | $14,412 |
|
Newton Medical Center
Newton, NJ |
$130,670 | $8,294 |
|
Uci Health - Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos, CA |
$129,677 | $9,347 |
|
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA |
$128,063 | $9,493 |
Questions people ask
How much does Respiratory Infection (with complications) cost in the United States?
Across 1,020 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Respiratory Infection (with complications) is $37,178. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $28,047 and the dearest quarter over $54,151.
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 Infection (with complications), 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. $9,313 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $45,703. 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 178: “RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS 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.