US Health Care Costs

Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) in Minnesota

MS-DRG 274: Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without mcc

$94,807typical hospital bill
$25,109typical amount paid
$23,247–$38,088range paid across 13 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $94,807 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina25$94,807$23,247
St Lukes HospitalDuluth34$89,800$23,861
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth60$75,102$23,971
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids36$112,590$23,978
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul56$114,612$24,671
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis73$124,966$25,034
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood69$106,509$25,109
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale18$59,516$25,760
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park49$68,284$26,235
Regions HospitalSaint Paul44$81,383$28,888
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis14$120,812$29,796
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud154$77,316$30,685
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester206$102,316$38,088

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.