Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon Without Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 269: Aortic and heart assist procedures except pulsation balloon without mcc

$116,258typical hospital bill

$45,082typical amount paid

$35,968–$50,774range paid across 8 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $116,258 for this stay in 2024, about 2.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	14	$73,073	$35,968
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	16	$146,382	$36,790
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	27	$86,134	$41,757
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	14	$67,596	$42,853
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	37	$176,526	$47,311
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	12	$172,222	$47,338
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	39	$77,555	$49,301
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	29	$234,547	$50,774

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.