Heart catheterization in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$29,169typical hospital bill

$11,164typical amount paid

$8,853–$17,634range paid across 21 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,169 for this stay in 2024, about 2.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	40	$28,571	$8,853
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	59	$22,526	$8,898
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	43	$23,570	$8,993
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	18	$28,398	$9,033
Saint Anne's Hospital	Fall River	17	$25,990	$9,304
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	39	$34,890	$9,333
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	58	$43,838	$9,918
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	15	$29,169	$10,288
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	22	$28,612	$10,475
Melrosewakefield Healthcare	Melrose	12	$30,803	$11,136
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	33	$40,300	$11,164
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	17	$21,671	$11,329
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	88	$24,388	$12,176
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	34	$30,043	$12,415
Boston Medical Center-Brighton	Brighton	19	$20,450	$12,613
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	27	$81,042	$13,835
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	60	$28,762	$14,185
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	46	$82,807	$15,350
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	69	$96,796	$15,861
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	119	$83,545	$16,405
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	30	$39,419	$17,634

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.