Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Mcc in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 242: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with mcc

$95,944typical hospital bill

$34,848typical amount paid

$27,543–$54,681range paid across 17 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $95,944 for this stay in 2024, about 2.8 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	42	$95,944	$27,543
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	11	$105,809	$28,068
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	19	$57,164	$28,368
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	15	$65,669	$28,681
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	20	$82,505	$30,473
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	11	$74,070	$31,578
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	19	$84,240	$34,022
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	36	$71,820	$34,603
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	38	$50,570	$34,848
Boston Medical Center-Brighton	Brighton	14	$65,836	$36,584
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	31	$100,322	$37,188
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	14	$237,388	$37,865
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	20	$153,155	$41,898
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	29	$150,255	$42,484
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	17	$156,542	$43,898
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	11	$146,636	$53,770
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	47	$109,824	$54,681

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.