Heart catheterization in Mississippi

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

$40,577typical hospital bill

$8,328typical amount paid

$7,391–$12,302range paid across 12 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,577 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	12	$60,827	$7,391
Southwest Ms Regional Medical Center	McComb	14	$21,086	$7,536
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	25	$26,539	$7,944
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto	Southaven	33	$50,909	$8,035
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	48	$28,441	$8,044
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	58	$115,453	$8,261
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	26	$39,535	$8,394
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	13	$55,496	$8,448
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford	17	$41,619	$8,462
Magnolia Regional Health Center	Corinth	16	$28,927	$8,691
Merit Health Wesley	Hattiesburg	12	$140,238	$9,492
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	25	$29,949	$12,302

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.