Seizures with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay · 791 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $57,615
Typical charge
$80,690
Dearest quarter
over $123,887
Actually paid
$19,489
The middle U.S. hospital bills $80,690 for Seizures with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.1x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $19,489 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.
Seizures 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 | 19 | $30,832 | $16,142 – $52,651 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | $38,752 | $21,864 – $146,431 |
| Arkansas | 7 | $43,377 | $38,144 – $80,636 |
| Montana | 4 | $43,762 | $33,754 – $58,721 |
| Mississippi | 6 | $48,113 | $43,789 – $93,500 |
| Oregon | 6 | $53,533 | $41,138 – $90,796 |
| Michigan | 31 | $56,333 | $35,099 – $157,717 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | $58,017 | $25,721 – $172,118 |
| Indiana | 17 | $58,653 | $26,918 – $101,095 |
| Virginia | 24 | $61,170 | $31,154 – $146,012 |
| Nebraska | 5 | $61,218 | $57,065 – $113,657 |
| Iowa | 5 | $61,939 | $30,689 – $135,172 |
| West Virginia | 6 | $63,241 | $40,293 – $83,130 |
| Louisiana | 11 | $63,341 | $42,875 – $165,174 |
| Minnesota | 12 | $65,995 | $37,969 – $145,515 |
| Tennessee | 16 | $66,044 | $27,815 – $144,983 |
| Kentucky | 12 | $67,112 | $46,086 – $102,188 |
| North Carolina | 18 | $69,801 | $54,001 – $103,460 |
| Delaware | 4 | $70,522 | $49,317 – $79,862 |
| Connecticut | 9 | $71,418 | $41,895 – $155,885 |
| Ohio | 28 | $71,653 | $29,982 – $157,870 |
| Illinois | 33 | $71,672 | $27,196 – $149,900 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | $72,246 | $28,944 – $156,680 |
| New Mexico | 3 | $73,069 | $36,614 – $96,970 |
| Missouri | 16 | $73,133 | $43,821 – $271,613 |
| Utah | 4 | $74,432 | $71,842 – $83,505 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | $81,877 | $48,626 – $141,254 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $82,035 | $70,807 – $91,521 |
| New York | 52 | $83,824 | $29,353 – $312,765 |
| Arizona | 12 | $91,585 | $68,844 – $123,824 |
| Washington | 15 | $93,421 | $44,051 – $164,756 |
| Georgia | 25 | $93,790 | $33,973 – $206,002 |
| South Carolina | 12 | $96,747 | $60,128 – $155,737 |
| Texas | 62 | $101,066 | $39,589 – $244,915 |
| Alabama | 12 | $101,440 | $58,784 – $194,286 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | $101,688 | $35,168 – $281,784 |
| Florida | 67 | $102,986 | $35,254 – $455,246 |
| Kansas | 5 | $112,353 | $59,576 – $190,534 |
| California | 97 | $121,658 | $37,943 – $419,856 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $121,779 | $94,891 – $224,452 |
| New Jersey | 27 | $130,821 | $52,373 – $198,361 |
| Colorado | 7 | $145,110 | $98,266 – $318,176 |
| Nevada | 9 | $193,833 | $43,593 – $337,130 |
Where Seizures 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$16,142 | $14,353 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$16,498 | $15,381 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$17,165 | $15,396 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$17,443 | $15,963 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$21,752 | $20,214 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$21,864 | $16,026 |
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$23,440 | $24,610 |
|
Brown University Health Morton Hospital
Taunton, MA |
$24,571 | $15,895 |
|
Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee
Muskogee, OK |
$25,721 | $11,505 |
|
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA |
$26,891 | $15,930 |
|
Reid Health
Richmond, IN |
$26,918 | $16,255 |
|
Northwest Hospital Center
Randallstown, MD |
$26,939 | $23,794 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Memorial Hospital West
Pembroke Pines, FL |
$455,246 | $45,435 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$419,856 | $28,403 |
|
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA |
$386,130 | $53,297 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$343,335 | $31,650 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$337,969 | $46,047 |
|
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$337,130 | $21,615 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$337,128 | $21,153 |
|
Hca-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center
Englewood, CO |
$318,176 | $16,072 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$312,765 | $33,018 |
|
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
$281,784 | $36,993 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$279,976 | $21,715 |
|
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, MO |
$271,613 | $17,423 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Seizures with Major Complications?
Across 791 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Seizures with Major Complications is $80,690. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $57,615 and the dearest quarter over $123,887.
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 Seizures with Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 4.1x 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. $19,489 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $101,511. 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 100: “SEIZURES 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.