US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Nevada

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

$173,808typical hospital bill
$10,436typical amount paid
$9,784–$12,429range paid across 7 hospitals

Nevada hospitals billed Medicare a typical $173,808 for this stay in 2024, about 16.7 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
Summerlin Hospital Medical CenterLas Vegas18$245,443$9,784
Carson Tahoe Regional Medical CenterCarson City22$33,350$10,160
Sunrise Hospital and Medical CenterLas Vegas20$194,399$10,420
Renown Regional Medical CenterReno31$46,950$10,436
Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena CampusHenderson25$113,863$10,718
Henderson HospitalHenderson13$174,637$11,499
Mountainview HospitalLas Vegas47$173,808$12,429

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.