Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay · 284 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $31,287
Typical charge
$40,953
Dearest quarter
over $62,962
Actually paid
$9,365
The middle U.S. hospital bills $40,953 for Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.6x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $9,365 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.
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast 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 | 9 | $13,085 | $9,584 – $16,587 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | $21,787 | $14,657 – $42,139 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $24,891 | $18,649 – $31,768 |
| Indiana | 5 | $26,177 | $21,671 – $81,829 |
| West Virginia | 3 | $27,904 | $16,722 – $34,146 |
| Tennessee | 5 | $29,695 | $28,691 – $91,620 |
| Michigan | 7 | $30,077 | $25,447 – $32,767 |
| Minnesota | 6 | $30,374 | $24,284 – $42,040 |
| Missouri | 7 | $32,252 | $23,729 – $89,422 |
| North Carolina | 6 | $33,199 | $26,474 – $44,263 |
| Ohio | 9 | $33,827 | $15,355 – $57,364 |
| Illinois | 14 | $36,136 | $18,475 – $55,970 |
| South Carolina | 3 | $36,402 | $31,720 – $78,698 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | $38,398 | $19,288 – $96,550 |
| Kentucky | 3 | $39,049 | $27,515 – $42,101 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | $45,780 | $42,743 – $51,629 |
| Florida | 41 | $47,502 | $26,528 – $109,790 |
| New York | 28 | $51,026 | $26,991 – $126,353 |
| Texas | 12 | $52,305 | $26,862 – $103,217 |
| Arizona | 6 | $55,465 | $38,127 – $68,128 |
| Virginia | 11 | $55,898 | $17,842 – $80,125 |
| New Jersey | 12 | $56,658 | $32,362 – $86,033 |
| Kansas | 5 | $60,510 | $37,131 – $100,170 |
| California | 26 | $62,096 | $24,794 – $165,318 |
| Georgia | 3 | $65,978 | $62,697 – $79,648 |
Where Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$9,584 | $8,626 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$10,095 | $9,384 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$10,806 | $9,936 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$11,827 | $10,505 |
|
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville, MD |
$13,085 | $11,586 |
|
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA |
$14,657 | $9,698 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$14,868 | $13,338 |
|
Bethesda North
Cincinnati, OH |
$15,355 | $7,028 |
|
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA |
$15,501 | $7,925 |
|
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Brockton, MA |
$15,577 | $7,793 |
|
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$15,615 | $13,785 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$16,098 | $14,610 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$165,318 | $16,258 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$145,534 | $12,195 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$132,095 | $11,003 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$129,985 | $11,601 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$126,353 | $11,647 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$113,440 | $14,539 |
|
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA |
$110,157 | $15,697 |
|
Hca Florida Bayonet Point Hospital
Hudson, FL |
$109,790 | $8,702 |
|
St Mary's Medical Center
West Palm Beach, FL |
$106,719 | $8,247 |
|
Delray Medical Center
Delray Beach, FL |
$103,754 | $5,916 |
|
Medical City Denton
Denton, TX |
$103,217 | $8,179 |
|
Hca Florida Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, FL |
$101,368 | $7,846 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications?
Across 284 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications is $40,953. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $31,287 and the dearest quarter over $62,962.
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 Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.6x 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. $9,365 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $50,404. 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 605: “TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST 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.