What does hospital care really cost?
Hospitals bill one price, Medicare pays another, and insurers negotiate a third. Compare them for hospital stays, scans, lab tests and surgery at 5452 hospitals, using public data from 2024.
Common hospital stays
- Sepsis, with major complications
- Heart failure, with major complications
- Lung infection, with major complications
- Pneumonia, with major complications
- Sepsis
- Urinary tract infection
- Respiratory failure
- Stomach and digestive disorders
- Heart attack, with major complications
- Urinary tract infection, with major complications
- Infection needing surgery, with major complications
- Kidney failure, with complications
Outpatient procedures and tests
Cash and insurer prices from the hospitals' own price files. More hospitals are added every night.
Scans and imaging
Lab tests
- Complete blood count (CBC) 25 states
- Comprehensive metabolic panel (blood test) 25 states
Surgery
- Cataract surgery 20 states
- Colonoscopy 22 states
- Colonoscopy with biopsy 22 states
- Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 20 states
- Hip replacement 20 states
- Knee arthroscopy (meniscus) 20 states
- Knee replacement 20 states
Childbirth
Emergency and doctor visits
- Emergency room visit, highest level 25 states