How much does Stroke (with complications) cost?
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay · 1,727 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $33,686
Typical charge
$45,544
Dearest quarter
over $68,000
Actually paid
$9,876
The middle U.S. hospital bills $45,544 for Stroke (with complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $9,876 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.
Stroke (with 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 | 37 | $14,802 | $10,682 – $29,878 |
| Massachusetts | 44 | $22,360 | $14,078 – $68,830 |
| Montana | 8 | $25,957 | $20,823 – $30,763 |
| Iowa | 19 | $28,436 | $18,501 – $68,610 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | $29,126 | $27,219 – $31,611 |
| West Virginia | 15 | $30,044 | $20,763 – $48,880 |
| Wyoming | 3 | $31,141 | $21,916 – $35,906 |
| Minnesota | 30 | $31,688 | $18,199 – $56,834 |
| Arkansas | 19 | $31,949 | $15,385 – $60,935 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $32,307 | $26,995 – $38,734 |
| Maine | 6 | $33,837 | $24,532 – $45,587 |
| Vermont | 5 | $34,204 | $22,117 – $53,726 |
| Michigan | 52 | $34,477 | $18,711 – $80,654 |
| Ohio | 71 | $34,485 | $19,537 – $81,828 |
| Delaware | 6 | $35,147 | $15,351 – $39,196 |
| North Carolina | 56 | $36,029 | $15,230 – $65,405 |
| Oregon | 19 | $36,047 | $23,136 – $52,712 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | $36,306 | $15,391 – $64,961 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | $37,438 | $13,305 – $96,348 |
| Mississippi | 17 | $38,089 | $15,257 – $103,216 |
| Indiana | 44 | $38,273 | $18,171 – $68,914 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | $38,707 | $28,294 – $87,780 |
| Nebraska | 15 | $38,723 | $26,556 – $56,785 |
| Virginia | 52 | $38,897 | $23,000 – $102,710 |
| Utah | 9 | $39,083 | $32,205 – $64,438 |
| Louisiana | 25 | $39,133 | $21,117 – $82,632 |
| Alabama | 31 | $39,593 | $18,036 – $138,118 |
| South Carolina | 30 | $40,146 | $24,995 – $95,529 |
| Idaho | 10 | $40,156 | $22,933 – $61,855 |
| Tennessee | 36 | $40,230 | $17,227 – $118,697 |
| Hawaii | 7 | $42,212 | $30,852 – $67,760 |
| Missouri | 39 | $42,850 | $27,186 – $210,199 |
| Kansas | 15 | $43,759 | $29,277 – $141,594 |
| Kentucky | 25 | $44,891 | $21,338 – $103,081 |
| Connecticut | 18 | $44,956 | $30,917 – $68,011 |
| Washington | 38 | $47,119 | $25,142 – $71,610 |
| Illinois | 70 | $47,377 | $27,399 – $96,280 |
| Pennsylvania | 87 | $48,225 | $15,458 – $150,231 |
| Georgia | 56 | $48,410 | $24,370 – $105,661 |
| South Dakota | 5 | $48,618 | $29,137 – $56,984 |
| New Mexico | 9 | $51,000 | $28,397 – $89,242 |
| New York | 84 | $56,372 | $14,613 – $157,130 |
| Texas | 118 | $57,325 | $21,804 – $169,367 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | $59,208 | $51,826 – $124,901 |
| Arizona | 35 | $62,538 | $35,709 – $120,959 |
| Florida | 113 | $67,032 | $30,805 – $205,590 |
| Colorado | 23 | $69,243 | $29,498 – $135,082 |
| New Jersey | 49 | $81,237 | $45,012 – $363,815 |
| Alaska | 6 | $82,348 | $55,146 – $98,657 |
| California | 172 | $84,301 | $30,802 – $272,641 |
| Nevada | 14 | $124,516 | $28,963 – $161,934 |
Where Stroke (with complications) is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$10,682 | $9,740 |
|
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
Elkton, MD |
$11,315 | $10,085 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$11,375 | $10,256 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$11,577 | $10,701 |
|
Atlantic General Hospital
Berlin, MD |
$11,754 | $10,780 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$11,900 | $10,828 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$11,910 | $11,017 |
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$12,164 | $11,305 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$12,842 | $11,422 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$12,982 | $11,711 |
|
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital
Leonardtown, MD |
$13,131 | $12,518 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$13,158 | $11,822 |
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 |
$363,815 | $13,097 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$335,490 | $10,212 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$272,641 | $14,394 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$271,448 | $14,290 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$243,595 | $10,803 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$230,992 | $18,894 |
|
Ucla West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA |
$220,163 | $14,870 |
|
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, MO |
$210,199 | $17,198 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$205,599 | $12,542 |
|
Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park, FL |
$205,590 | $10,803 |
|
Hca Florida Osceola Hospital
Kissimmee, FL |
$202,205 | $11,849 |
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA |
$192,745 | $14,762 |
Questions people ask
How much does Stroke (with complications) cost in the United States?
Across 1,727 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Stroke (with complications) is $45,544. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $33,686 and the dearest quarter over $68,000.
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 Stroke (with complications), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.9x 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. $9,876 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $56,315. 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 065: “INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 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.