Inpatient stay prices at Watauga Medical Center
26 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $37,413 | $18,923 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $22,548 | $11,893 | -48% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $54,819 | $17,509 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $27,936 | $12,112 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $35,580 | $15,777 | -35% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $27,722 | $9,614 | -39% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $55,186 | $20,066 | -34% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $53,118 | $19,598 | -38% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $16,567 | $7,082 | -46% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $17,257 | $7,797 | -46% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $31,964 | $9,989 | -41% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $57,369 | $16,706 | -44% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $24,690 | $11,397 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $25,682 | $9,411 | -31% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $15,296 | $7,494 | -50% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $20,123 | $7,748 | -32% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $28,683 | $15,627 | -50% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $24,304 | $7,523 | -25% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $29,962 | $10,408 | -28% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $24,183 | $9,088 | -41% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $20,211 | $11,104 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $36,319 | $12,152 | -25% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $118,069 | $32,853 | +4% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $37,695 | $14,839 | -39% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $82,826 | $23,218 | -19% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $19,753 | $8,556 | -35% |
These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.