US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc in Kansas

MS-DRG 243: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with cc

$93,456typical hospital bill
$17,515typical amount paid
$14,964–$22,215range paid across 8 hospitals

Kansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,456 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
University of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe25$63,032$14,964
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission18$137,593$15,324
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka26$87,316$16,782
Overland Park Reg Med CtrOverland Park16$222,935$16,858
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita16$81,724$18,171
Hays Medical CenterHays14$66,191$19,968
University of Kansas HospitalKansas City31$99,596$20,517
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park11$115,576$22,215

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.