Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay · 990 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $85,257
Typical charge
$113,459
Dearest quarter
over $169,870
Actually paid
$25,351
The middle U.S. hospital bills $113,459 for Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.7x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $25,351 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 System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours 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 | 25 | $34,606 | $19,488 – $58,680 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | $66,328 | $44,102 – $208,969 |
| Iowa | 8 | $68,025 | $55,193 – $114,149 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $75,310 | $73,119 – $104,973 |
| Utah | 5 | $75,741 | $68,823 – $140,358 |
| Michigan | 28 | $78,543 | $55,441 – $146,951 |
| Nebraska | 5 | $83,919 | $55,627 – $119,849 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | $84,553 | $61,932 – $171,389 |
| Montana | 5 | $86,338 | $61,822 – $110,453 |
| West Virginia | 11 | $86,427 | $48,049 – $105,245 |
| Arkansas | 16 | $87,701 | $45,063 – $185,537 |
| Alabama | 13 | $89,666 | $60,735 – $168,457 |
| North Carolina | 26 | $89,941 | $52,863 – $144,748 |
| Mississippi | 15 | $90,681 | $52,643 – $261,105 |
| Kentucky | 18 | $91,710 | $46,432 – $150,762 |
| Indiana | 22 | $93,490 | $45,385 – $158,739 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | $95,885 | $34,610 – $156,529 |
| Delaware | 3 | $95,995 | $89,803 – $102,452 |
| Ohio | 38 | $97,401 | $53,121 – $195,546 |
| South Carolina | 16 | $98,833 | $52,783 – $253,409 |
| Minnesota | 11 | $101,072 | $64,368 – $263,021 |
| Missouri | 22 | $101,190 | $67,401 – $343,763 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | $101,635 | $54,129 – $309,849 |
| Idaho | 5 | $103,538 | $66,203 – $147,471 |
| Tennessee | 26 | $104,073 | $39,104 – $232,045 |
| Illinois | 43 | $104,349 | $39,769 – $216,114 |
| Kansas | 10 | $104,682 | $69,450 – $330,557 |
| Louisiana | 16 | $107,013 | $52,434 – $284,935 |
| Virginia | 25 | $107,550 | $51,638 – $266,224 |
| Oregon | 9 | $107,646 | $59,091 – $149,381 |
| Hawaii | 3 | $113,865 | $88,044 – $120,450 |
| Connecticut | 9 | $114,411 | $70,111 – $160,920 |
| Georgia | 29 | $119,314 | $53,056 – $220,112 |
| Washington | 23 | $121,022 | $61,137 – $207,343 |
| Maine | 3 | $122,253 | $78,168 – $128,166 |
| Pennsylvania | 38 | $123,448 | $56,716 – $375,342 |
| Arizona | 20 | $125,424 | $86,472 – $211,617 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $126,008 | $110,741 – $127,378 |
| New York | 53 | $130,794 | $48,743 – $332,489 |
| Florida | 82 | $135,972 | $69,600 – $310,761 |
| Texas | 80 | $157,108 | $67,224 – $382,661 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $164,983 | $136,521 – $275,322 |
| New Jersey | 34 | $177,243 | $74,263 – $852,364 |
| Colorado | 5 | $177,254 | $132,865 – $396,983 |
| California | 105 | $209,864 | $89,625 – $703,410 |
| Nevada | 13 | $291,139 | $102,833 – $472,884 |
Where Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours 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 |
$19,488 | $17,672 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$20,715 | $18,876 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$24,710 | $22,263 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$27,327 | $25,384 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$28,021 | $25,089 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$30,430 | $29,009 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$30,709 | $27,616 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$32,076 | $29,127 |
|
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville, MD |
$33,133 | $28,951 |
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$33,254 | $30,559 |
|
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
Silver Spring, MD |
$33,349 | $29,835 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$34,219 | $30,234 |
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 |
$852,364 | $32,153 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$703,410 | $66,006 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$664,120 | $35,486 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$636,190 | $32,837 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$610,974 | $48,180 |
|
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$472,884 | $25,476 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$442,247 | $38,362 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$442,125 | $29,433 |
|
Saint Peter's University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$440,018 | $29,415 |
|
Uci Health - Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley, CA |
$439,172 | $29,477 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$435,455 | $61,956 |
|
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$430,961 | $21,773 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours?
Across 990 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours is $113,459. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $85,257 and the dearest quarter over $169,870.
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 System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours, 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. $25,351 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $142,566. 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 208: “RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS”. 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.