Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 465 · Inpatient stay · 4 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $66,352
Typical charge
$80,221
Dearest quarter
over $86,729
Actually paid
$20,840
The middle U.S. hospital bills $80,221 for Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.2x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $20,840 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.
Where Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D 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 Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$28,756 | $27,701 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$78,884 | $29,305 |
|
The Core Institute Specialty Hosp
Phoenix, AZ |
$81,557 | $13,082 |
|
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Cumming, GA |
$102,243 | $13,273 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Cumming, GA |
$102,243 | $13,273 |
|
The Core Institute Specialty Hosp
Phoenix, AZ |
$81,557 | $13,082 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$78,884 | $29,305 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$28,756 | $27,701 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D?
Across 4 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D is $80,221. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $66,352 and the dearest quarter over $86,729.
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 Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.2x 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. $20,840 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $74,001. 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 465: “WOUND DEBRIDEMENT AND SKIN GRAFT EXCEPT HAND FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE D”. 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.