US Health Care Costs

Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon with Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 268: Aortic and heart assist procedures except pulsation balloon with mcc

$713,898typical hospital bill
$110,898typical amount paid
$92,777–$129,018range paid across 2 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $713,898 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York17$490,355$92,777
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York14$937,441$129,018

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.