US Health Care Costs

Other Heart Assist System Implant in Florida

MS-DRG 215: Other heart assist system implant

$783,528typical hospital bill
$80,226typical amount paid
$70,669–$101,042range paid across 5 hospitals

Florida hospitals billed Medicare a typical $783,528 for this stay in 2024, about 9.8 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)
AdventHealth Daytona BeachDaytona Beach20$342,352$70,669
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Manatee Memorial HospitalBradenton17$1,013,205$77,509
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Sacred Heart HospitalPensacola13$401,859$80,226
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Orlando HealthOrlando11$783,528$81,983
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AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando16$851,524$101,042
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Jackson Health SystemMiami–––$74,474$106,749$79,674–$185,157 · 44 plans
Tampa General HospitalTampa––––$189,064$132,056–$270,930 · 19 plans
UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville––––$125,372$52,516–$163,648 · 18 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.