Heart failure, with major complications in Alaska

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$85,619typical hospital bill

$18,522typical amount paid

$12,031–$24,462range paid across 7 hospitals

Alaska hospitals billed Medicare a typical $85,619 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Alaska Regional Hospital	Anchorage	85	$110,753	$12,031
Providence Alaska Medical Center	Anchorage	169	$97,153	$13,905
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center	Palmer	98	$112,014	$16,258
Alaska Native Medical Center	Anchorage	36	$85,619	$18,522
Central Peninsula General Hospital	Soldotna	80	$54,099	$20,129
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital	Fairbanks	48	$53,799	$20,532
Bartlett Regional Hospital	Juneau	21	$69,054	$24,462

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.