US Health Care Costs

Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization with Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 235: Coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization with mcc

$222,334typical hospital bill
$46,774typical amount paid
$39,700–$59,679range paid across 6 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $222,334 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Baptist Health LexingtonLexington25$306,145$39,700
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville27$212,133$40,042
Saint Joseph HospitalLexington23$132,087$44,271
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville29$250,206$49,278
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington46$232,536$57,084
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood16$212,049$59,679

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.