Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay · 445 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $56,817
Typical charge
$74,259
Dearest quarter
over $111,004
Actually paid
$17,630
The middle U.S. hospital bills $74,259 for Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.0x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $17,630 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 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 | 18 | $25,490 | $16,224 – $58,996 |
| Louisiana | 4 | $40,976 | $39,830 – $80,003 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | $41,219 | $22,835 – $118,077 |
| Michigan | 13 | $50,512 | $31,439 – $87,157 |
| Alabama | 4 | $53,764 | $40,314 – $72,500 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $54,843 | $43,928 – $63,052 |
| Mississippi | 6 | $57,319 | $41,936 – $72,186 |
| Minnesota | 8 | $57,700 | $24,443 – $88,310 |
| Indiana | 9 | $59,952 | $47,557 – $118,587 |
| Virginia | 18 | $61,548 | $30,793 – $143,205 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | $62,351 | $45,275 – $122,490 |
| North Carolina | 11 | $63,365 | $39,677 – $81,593 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $64,036 | $43,229 – $69,365 |
| Arizona | 8 | $64,050 | $53,896 – $89,534 |
| Missouri | 6 | $64,516 | $49,342 – $107,671 |
| Tennessee | 10 | $64,594 | $29,899 – $176,309 |
| Ohio | 16 | $67,331 | $33,853 – $139,830 |
| Illinois | 27 | $67,472 | $41,193 – $182,022 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $68,781 | $52,474 – $79,738 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $69,084 | $51,911 – $155,723 |
| Iowa | 4 | $72,132 | $45,901 – $100,154 |
| Kentucky | 4 | $72,859 | $46,556 – $79,723 |
| South Carolina | 9 | $73,914 | $42,466 – $121,970 |
| Connecticut | 5 | $74,259 | $59,366 – $111,004 |
| Arkansas | 3 | $77,764 | $42,765 – $78,469 |
| Florida | 33 | $82,991 | $43,356 – $224,123 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | $83,988 | $53,368 – $282,061 |
| Colorado | 3 | $84,803 | $82,322 – $135,584 |
| Georgia | 12 | $85,990 | $38,199 – $134,222 |
| Kansas | 5 | $92,028 | $62,920 – $225,077 |
| Washington | 11 | $92,498 | $40,898 – $163,116 |
| Texas | 22 | $99,378 | $55,530 – $205,161 |
| New Jersey | 23 | $107,451 | $60,821 – $201,854 |
| New York | 28 | $111,548 | $51,174 – $251,224 |
| California | 46 | $141,425 | $43,880 – $353,604 |
| Nevada | 5 | $158,645 | $67,877 – $299,845 |
Where Respiratory Neoplasms 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$16,224 | $15,481 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$17,449 | $15,897 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$18,306 | $16,953 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$19,461 | $17,693 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$22,623 | $20,055 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$22,760 | $21,040 |
|
Milford Regional Medical Center
Milford, MA |
$22,835 | $15,222 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$22,930 | $20,850 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$23,150 | $21,193 |
|
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital
Saint Cloud, MN |
$24,443 | $16,663 |
|
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
Cumberland, MD |
$25,258 | $22,495 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$25,721 | $23,121 |
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 |
$353,604 | $36,066 |
|
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV |
$299,845 | $20,609 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$292,415 | $25,572 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$289,805 | $24,384 |
|
John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus
Concord, CA |
$283,813 | $18,570 |
|
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA |
$282,061 | $22,003 |
|
Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Salinas, CA |
$269,247 | $32,816 |
|
Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$259,555 | $16,188 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$251,224 | $41,062 |
|
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
San Francisco, CA |
$236,648 | $35,001 |
|
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, CA |
$232,611 | $44,937 |
|
Ucsf Medical Center
San Francisco, CA |
$229,273 | $36,942 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications?
Across 445 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications is $74,259. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $56,817 and the dearest quarter over $111,004.
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 Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.0x 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. $17,630 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $93,917. 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 180: “RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS 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.