Heart stent in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 322: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without mcc

$70,439typical hospital bill

$19,660typical amount paid

$15,527–$29,013range paid across 22 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,439 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	26	$79,543	$15,527
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	74	$89,046	$15,652
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	67	$38,623	$16,321
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	27	$51,878	$16,723
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	23	$65,151	$16,835
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	46	$51,104	$17,003
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	14	$54,979	$17,627
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	31	$79,664	$17,728
Melrosewakefield Healthcare	Melrose	21	$72,742	$17,819
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	28	$54,089	$18,814
Metrowest Medical Center	Framingham	18	$121,514	$19,518
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	86	$91,729	$19,802
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	39	$185,799	$20,459
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	77	$68,136	$20,558
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	192	$54,997	$20,879
Boston Medical Center-Brighton	Brighton	17	$56,642	$22,208
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	71	$112,019	$22,494
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	107	$109,221	$23,939
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	81	$137,969	$24,710
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	63	$51,699	$25,110
Boston Medical Center	Boston	19	$59,672	$28,941
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	26	$85,092	$29,013

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.