US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Nevada

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

$264,930typical hospital bill
$20,638typical amount paid
$17,370–$23,484range paid across 10 hospitals

Nevada hospitals billed Medicare a typical $264,930 for this stay in 2024, about 12.8 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
Saint Mary's Regional Medical CenterReno12$52,964$17,370
Henderson HospitalHenderson15$352,901$18,929
Sunrise Hospital and Medical CenterLas Vegas22$351,415$19,889
Carson Tahoe Regional Medical CenterCarson City14$48,203$20,201
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical CenterLas Vegas13$294,870$20,390
Summerlin Hospital Medical CenterLas Vegas12$362,712$20,886
Spring Valley Hospital Medical CenterLas Vegas14$234,990$21,374
Renown Regional Medical CenterReno40$91,897$21,663
Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena CampusHenderson18$156,904$23,282
Mountainview HospitalLas Vegas37$305,841$23,484

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.