How much does Skin Infection (without major complications) cost?
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay · 1,685 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $22,616
Typical charge
$30,509
Dearest quarter
over $44,070
Actually paid
$8,594
The middle U.S. hospital bills $30,509 for Skin Infection (without major complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $8,594 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.
Skin Infection (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 | 36 | $13,094 | $8,422 – $20,389 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | $15,837 | $8,653 – $52,166 |
| Montana | 5 | $17,559 | $14,395 – $20,001 |
| Iowa | 16 | $20,664 | $13,155 – $43,524 |
| Michigan | 47 | $21,231 | $12,903 – $36,980 |
| Utah | 3 | $21,418 | $20,775 – $28,509 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $21,465 | $18,552 – $24,650 |
| New Mexico | 10 | $21,711 | $12,337 – $45,001 |
| Mississippi | 17 | $21,882 | $7,964 – $99,287 |
| Vermont | 6 | $23,228 | $16,090 – $33,537 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | $23,284 | $19,029 – $35,781 |
| Nebraska | 12 | $23,329 | $18,162 – $33,258 |
| Virginia | 47 | $23,652 | $13,371 – $66,155 |
| West Virginia | 16 | $23,921 | $13,982 – $33,563 |
| Alabama | 32 | $24,057 | $7,902 – $108,259 |
| Ohio | 74 | $24,121 | $11,172 – $68,394 |
| North Carolina | 49 | $24,316 | $15,250 – $38,517 |
| Wyoming | 4 | $24,937 | $17,636 – $41,297 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | $25,028 | $17,239 – $48,278 |
| Minnesota | 26 | $25,085 | $10,253 – $41,166 |
| Missouri | 42 | $25,744 | $13,674 – $65,626 |
| Delaware | 6 | $25,761 | $13,183 – $28,116 |
| Indiana | 43 | $26,087 | $12,812 – $47,484 |
| Louisiana | 20 | $26,665 | $14,170 – $63,872 |
| Arkansas | 20 | $27,124 | $11,879 – $69,975 |
| Maine | 9 | $27,223 | $19,685 – $31,601 |
| Tennessee | 34 | $28,074 | $11,644 – $79,043 |
| Kentucky | 22 | $28,304 | $11,714 – $66,096 |
| Hawaii | 7 | $28,882 | $22,616 – $41,426 |
| South Carolina | 30 | $28,930 | $15,732 – $68,746 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | $28,947 | $13,444 – $42,440 |
| Oregon | 16 | $29,067 | $14,800 – $45,453 |
| Idaho | 4 | $29,286 | $19,200 – $34,196 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | $29,902 | $15,023 – $69,617 |
| South Dakota | 6 | $29,979 | $12,610 – $39,684 |
| Illinois | 71 | $30,044 | $14,121 – $54,280 |
| Kansas | 14 | $30,580 | $21,134 – $89,004 |
| Connecticut | 23 | $30,598 | $14,503 – $44,144 |
| Georgia | 44 | $31,466 | $9,568 – $61,872 |
| Washington | 30 | $32,905 | $16,183 – $56,639 |
| Pennsylvania | 94 | $33,306 | $10,847 – $94,883 |
| Arizona | 40 | $35,247 | $9,916 – $79,822 |
| Texas | 108 | $35,944 | $16,243 – $118,499 |
| New York | 98 | $37,532 | $9,727 – $102,124 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | $38,913 | $26,291 – $57,388 |
| Florida | 130 | $41,685 | $11,436 – $117,366 |
| Alaska | 7 | $44,404 | $21,773 – $59,653 |
| Colorado | 18 | $48,342 | $20,069 – $99,437 |
| California | 154 | $54,424 | $19,443 – $182,818 |
| New Jersey | 53 | $55,079 | $28,780 – $296,961 |
| Nevada | 13 | $90,637 | $23,390 – $137,161 |
Where Skin Infection (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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Evergreen Medical Center
Evergreen, AL |
$7,902 | $7,422 |
|
Winston Medical Center
Louisville, MS |
$7,964 | $8,863 |
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$8,422 | $7,716 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$8,653 | $6,899 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$8,876 | $8,273 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$8,922 | $8,181 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$9,116 | $8,430 |
|
Baystate Wing Hospital
Palmer, MA |
$9,287 | $7,406 |
|
Stephens County Hospital
Toccoa, GA |
$9,568 | $7,497 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$9,578 | $8,818 |
|
Baystate Noble Hospital
Westfield, MA |
$9,686 | $7,329 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$9,726 | $8,756 |
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 |
$296,961 | $10,863 |
|
Heights University Hospital
Jersey City, NJ |
$257,181 | $11,432 |
|
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center
Bayonne, NJ |
$237,618 | $11,267 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$184,638 | $8,853 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$182,818 | $10,187 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$179,458 | $12,944 |
|
Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center
Hoboken, NJ |
$176,525 | $12,995 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$173,845 | $9,909 |
|
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA |
$150,706 | $9,504 |
|
Uci Health - Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley, CA |
$148,068 | $9,445 |
|
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$137,161 | $7,905 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$136,479 | $12,234 |
Questions people ask
How much does Skin Infection (without major complications) cost in the United States?
Across 1,685 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Skin Infection (without major complications) is $30,509. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $22,616 and the dearest quarter over $44,070.
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 Skin Infection (without major 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. $8,594 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $37,743. 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 603: “CELLULITIS 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.