Cancer & Blood — what it costs

18 cancer & blood procedures with published U.S. hospital prices, ordered by how many patients are treated for each.

Procedure	Typical charge	Actually paid	Cheapest to dearest
Level 7 Radiation Therapy APC 5627 · 198 hospitals	$59,148	$7,424	5.3x
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications MS-DRG 847 · 202 hospitals	$53,561	$14,899	3.3x
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications MS-DRG 840 · 171 hospitals	$143,051	$38,093	4.2x
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications MS-DRG 834 · 97 hospitals	$270,555	$77,195	4.1x
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications MS-DRG 846 · 81 hospitals	$107,532	$34,060	4.4x
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications MS-DRG 841 · 100 hospitals	$90,537	$19,374	4.0x
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant with Complications/mcc MS-DRG 016 · 54 hospitals	$240,937	$75,254	3.8x
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a MS-DRG 837 · 55 hospitals	$186,291	$63,034	4.1x
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant MS-DRG 014 · 44 hospitals	$496,370	$153,837	4.3x
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Ovarian or Adnexal Malignancy with Complications MS-DRG 737 · 36 hospitals	$114,739	$23,500	3.0x
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications or High Dose MS-DRG 838 · 30 hospitals	$71,614	$26,280	3.0x
Lung Transplant MS-DRG 007 · 23 hospitals	$941,004	$187,857	2.6x
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy with Complications/mcc MS-DRG 742 · 31 hospitals	$90,363	$20,466	4.1x
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Major Operating Room MS-DRG 827 · 24 hospitals	$131,893	$31,684	2.7x
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 743 · 25 hospitals	$64,346	$11,933	4.7x
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Other Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 823 · 21 hospitals	$332,370	$75,329	3.3x
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Other Procedures Wi MS-DRG 829 · 19 hospitals	$185,585	$46,767	3.4x
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-ovarian and Non-adnexal Malignancy with MS-DRG 740 · 12 hospitals	$95,781	$20,792	1.5x