US Health Care Costs

Other Heart Assist System Implant in New York

MS-DRG 215: Other heart assist system implant

$625,625typical hospital bill
$120,809typical amount paid
$92,291–$149,328range paid across 2 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $625,625 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
St Francis Hospital - the Heart CenterRoslyn11$604,552$92,291
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York17$646,698$149,328

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.