US Health Care Costs

Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis in California

MS-DRG 173: Ultrasound accelerated and other thrombolysis with principal diagnosis pulmonary embolis

$143,313average hospital bill
$31,050average amount paid

One California hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $143,313, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Mercy General HospitalSacramento16$143,313$31,050

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.