Multiple Choice
Under an inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) that pays a hospital according to the diagnosis related group (DRG) assigned to each patient's stay, what would the payment be for a DRG with a relative weight of 1.75 if the hospital's PPS rate is $8,225?
A) $4,700.00
B) $14,393.75
C) $21,276.60
D) Not enough information to calculate
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