US Health Care Costs

Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System with Mcc in Florida

MS-DRG 001: Heart transplant or implant of heart assist system with mcc

$1,406,732typical hospital bill
$294,203typical amount paid
$218,419–$414,018range paid across 7 hospitals

Florida hospitals billed Medicare a typical $1,406,732 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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 staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Naples Community HospitalNaples14$559,457$218,419
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Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston27$809,220$235,039
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Tampa General HospitalTampa15$1,679,172$256,618
–$462,635$304,543–$617,306 · 19 plans
UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville19$1,142,364$294,203
–$332,802$147,806–$443,046 · 18 plans
HCA Florida Largo HospitalLargo15$2,374,491$295,597
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AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando29$2,455,406$325,575
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Mayo ClinicJacksonville26$1,406,732$414,018
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Jackson Health SystemMiami–––$193,917$358,785$273,131–$771,583 · 39 plans

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.