Seizures without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay · 885 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $29,533
Typical charge
$40,763
Dearest quarter
over $61,463
Actually paid
$9,537
The middle U.S. hospital bills $40,763 for Seizures without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 4.0x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $9,537 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 without 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 | 27 | $12,921 | $8,864 – $36,165 |
| Montana | 3 | $19,570 | $16,404 – $28,087 |
| Massachusetts | 29 | $20,536 | $10,019 – $80,829 |
| New Mexico | 3 | $22,171 | $20,575 – $59,630 |
| Alabama | 13 | $25,130 | $18,025 – $129,348 |
| West Virginia | 5 | $25,946 | $21,419 – $44,229 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $26,594 | $26,107 – $35,639 |
| Michigan | 31 | $26,841 | $17,028 – $48,189 |
| Mississippi | 8 | $27,672 | $14,638 – $96,064 |
| Arkansas | 9 | $27,887 | $15,418 – $38,465 |
| North Dakota | 3 | $30,478 | $24,329 – $30,875 |
| Ohio | 33 | $30,547 | $15,548 – $68,335 |
| Missouri | 21 | $31,065 | $20,088 – $105,916 |
| Kentucky | 13 | $31,245 | $20,249 – $57,036 |
| Minnesota | 13 | $31,309 | $17,334 – $50,134 |
| Indiana | 18 | $31,466 | $21,447 – $54,622 |
| Iowa | 5 | $31,591 | $21,576 – $46,350 |
| North Carolina | 20 | $31,860 | $14,451 – $55,144 |
| Delaware | 4 | $33,672 | $27,671 – $42,849 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | $34,646 | $26,370 – $65,471 |
| Virginia | 24 | $34,764 | $18,202 – $69,850 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | $35,943 | $24,408 – $84,437 |
| Oregon | 5 | $36,611 | $22,355 – $45,163 |
| Tennessee | 22 | $36,735 | $13,877 – $75,803 |
| Arizona | 13 | $37,436 | $31,326 – $105,826 |
| Georgia | 26 | $37,701 | $20,569 – $69,005 |
| South Carolina | 15 | $38,119 | $16,769 – $90,473 |
| South Dakota | 3 | $39,736 | $36,304 – $54,180 |
| Illinois | 43 | $39,863 | $14,886 – $65,111 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | $40,259 | $27,711 – $58,300 |
| Louisiana | 14 | $41,137 | $17,067 – $64,736 |
| Washington | 14 | $41,840 | $27,245 – $59,587 |
| Connecticut | 7 | $42,109 | $27,068 – $57,588 |
| Pennsylvania | 40 | $42,745 | $22,273 – $119,013 |
| Texas | 61 | $47,419 | $23,660 – $120,703 |
| Kansas | 7 | $51,905 | $20,123 – $98,642 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $53,488 | $40,767 – $87,351 |
| New York | 63 | $54,921 | $13,856 – $145,203 |
| Idaho | 3 | $58,306 | $22,720 – $60,560 |
| Alaska | 3 | $59,659 | $56,816 – $81,570 |
| Florida | 78 | $59,808 | $25,461 – $153,504 |
| New Jersey | 34 | $61,303 | $28,668 – $308,353 |
| Colorado | 7 | $65,978 | $45,728 – $128,260 |
| California | 96 | $74,056 | $21,216 – $223,936 |
| Nevada | 9 | $92,930 | $36,187 – $133,267 |
Where Seizures without 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$8,864 | $8,080 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$9,338 | $8,497 |
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$9,339 | $8,401 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$9,666 | $8,544 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$9,783 | $8,999 |
|
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA |
$10,019 | $7,928 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$10,291 | $9,386 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$10,392 | $9,623 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$10,728 | $9,540 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$10,957 | $9,768 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$11,159 | $10,270 |
|
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$11,382 | $10,227 |
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 |
$308,353 | $14,428 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$223,936 | $13,043 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$211,765 | $10,238 |
|
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$189,300 | $55,891 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$185,937 | $11,634 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$176,456 | $9,788 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$176,050 | $20,031 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$170,641 | $13,685 |
|
Hca Florida Osceola Hospital
Kissimmee, FL |
$153,504 | $11,189 |
|
Hca Florida Citrus Hospital
Inverness, FL |
$150,971 | $7,619 |
|
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY |
$145,203 | $13,312 |
|
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY |
$142,227 | $14,568 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Seizures without Major Complications?
Across 885 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Seizures without Major Complications is $40,763. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $29,533 and the dearest quarter over $61,463.
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 without 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. $9,537 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $50,860. 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 101: “SEIZURES WITHOUT 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.