US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Vermont

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

$67,574average hospital bill
$18,602average amount paid

One Vermont hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $67,574, about 3.6 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington22$67,574$18,602

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.