Respiratory Neoplasms with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 181 · Inpatient stay · 47 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $36,878
Typical charge
$51,927
Dearest quarter
over $71,176
Actually paid
$12,969
The middle U.S. hospital bills $51,927 for Respiratory Neoplasms with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $12,969 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 Neoplasms 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 | 3 | $21,925 | $18,535 – $26,475 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $33,263 | $22,195 – $72,773 |
| North Carolina | 3 | $36,968 | $29,131 – $64,005 |
| Illinois | 4 | $48,327 | $34,129 – $52,571 |
| Florida | 5 | $69,578 | $51,927 – $96,228 |
| New York | 5 | $74,756 | $21,926 – $109,081 |
| California | 4 | $143,292 | $60,839 – $191,093 |
Where Respiratory Neoplasms 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD |
$18,535 | $15,801 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$21,925 | $19,178 |
|
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY |
$21,926 | $11,718 |
|
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA |
$22,195 | $9,466 |
|
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA |
$25,021 | $14,050 |
|
Beaumont Hospital, Troy
Troy, MI |
$26,034 | $7,801 |
|
Mercy Medical Center Inc
Baltimore, MD |
$26,475 | $23,069 |
|
Unc Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC |
$29,131 | $15,810 |
|
North Shore Medical Center -
Salem, MA |
$33,263 | $10,024 |
|
Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis
Memphis, TN |
$33,490 | $10,084 |
|
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL |
$34,129 | $10,947 |
|
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN |
$36,787 | $8,562 |
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 |
$191,093 | $22,782 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$144,197 | $25,726 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$142,387 | $14,385 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$109,081 | $16,234 |
|
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ |
$100,872 | $8,941 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$96,228 | $10,068 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$86,732 | $15,690 |
|
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital
Gainesville, FL |
$85,732 | $9,903 |
|
University Of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS |
$82,542 | $10,485 |
|
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX |
$75,396 | $8,467 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$74,756 | $16,958 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |
$72,773 | $16,909 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Respiratory Neoplasms with Complications?
Across 47 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Respiratory Neoplasms with Complications is $51,927. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $36,878 and the dearest quarter over $71,176.
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 Neoplasms with Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.8x 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. $12,969 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $61,131. 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 181: “RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS 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.