US Health Care Costs

Heart stent in New Hampshire

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

$104,201typical hospital bill
$17,231typical amount paid
$14,434–$27,745range paid across 9 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $104,201 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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
Catholic Medical CenterManchester55$104,201$14,434
Concord HospitalConcord56$117,263$14,667
St Joseph HospitalNashua15$96,872$16,428
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover19$111,559$16,510
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth33$170,423$17,231
Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua14$57,964$18,483
Exeter Hospital IncExeter23$92,394$19,803
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon111$93,294$20,524
Parkland Medical CenterDerry12$245,754$27,745

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.