Average Hospital Charges

Average Hospital Charges

These charges represent the amount for a single hospitalization; some of these conditions might involve multiple hospitalizations over time.

Mean charges for hospital stays nationwide.

Condition Mean Inpatient Charges
2010
Liveborn $10,889
Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases) $30,246
Osteoarthritis $47,812
Septicemia $65,975
Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive $36,888
Mood disorders $15,263
Cardiac dysrhythmias $33,936
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis $24,602
Complication of device, implant or graft $61,144
Spondylosis, intervertebral disc disorders, other back problems $55,520
Nonspecific chest pain $18,326
Asthma $19,055
Respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult) $76,279
Appendicitis and other appendiceal conditions $29,920

Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Mean charges for hospital stays in California.

Condition Mean Inpatient Charges
2011
Liveborn $17,763
Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases) $61,071
Osteoarthritis $87,946
Septicemia $124,538
Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive $69,926
Mood disorders $23,981
Cardiac dysrhythmias $58,754
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis $50,343
Complication of device, implant or graft $109,551
Spondylosis, intervertebral disc disorders, other back problems $97,304
Nonspecific chest pain $27,203
Asthma $35,859
Respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult) $147,031
Appendicitis and other appendiceal conditions $45,467

Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services