US Health Care Costs

Cardiac Defibrillator Implant with Cardiac Catheterization and Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 275: Cardiac defibrillator implant with cardiac catheterization and mcc

$645,857typical hospital bill
$117,617typical amount paid
$83,889–$128,655range paid across 3 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $645,857 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn31$443,979$83,889
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York29$645,857$117,617
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York11$801,338$128,655

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.