Heart catheterization, with major complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$51,023typical hospital bill

$24,361typical amount paid

$16,560–$39,075range paid across 19 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,023 for this stay in 2024, about 2.1 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
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	16	$39,071	$16,560
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	14	$41,992	$17,431
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	38	$51,023	$18,081
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	50	$35,263	$18,311
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	41	$62,589	$18,898
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	36	$38,684	$18,987
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	40	$42,621	$19,002
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	35	$56,441	$22,525
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	13	$33,667	$22,645
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	29	$110,444	$24,361
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	81	$44,865	$24,617
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	60	$49,358	$25,036
Boston Medical Center-Brighton	Brighton	28	$35,487	$25,067
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	55	$111,234	$30,193
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	200	$152,627	$32,104
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	82	$72,355	$32,136
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	120	$194,760	$36,500
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	101	$79,342	$38,201
Boston Medical Center	Boston	40	$83,863	$39,075

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.