Total Charge for All Accommodations ($)

This variable is contained in the following files:

SAS Name

ACMDTNS_TOT_CHRG_AMT

The total charge amount (rounded to whole dollars) for all accommodations (routine hospital room and board charges for general care, coronary care and/or intensive care units) related to a beneficiary's stay.

Comments

This field is the sum of MEDPAR private room charge amounts, MEDPAR semiprivate room charge amount, MEDPAR ward charge amount, MEDPAR intensive care charge amount, and MEDPAR coronary care charge amount (i.e., the accumulation of the revenue center total charge amounts associated with revenue center codes 0100–0219 from all claim records included in the stay).

Source: MedPAR (derived)