US Health Care Costs

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

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

$118,517typical hospital bill
$23,676typical amount paid
$20,882–$24,472range paid across 8 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $118,517 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLCOklahoma City76$93,100$20,882
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLCOklahoma City192$92,738$21,029
Norman RegionalNorman32$153,191$22,949
Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City148$146,929$23,441
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa41$132,301$23,910
Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa69$87,425$23,943
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma CityOklahoma City71$104,734$24,217
Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa98$183,829$24,472

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.