US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc in Minnesota

MS-DRG 243: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with cc

$80,557typical hospital bill
$17,876typical amount paid
$16,643–$30,745range paid across 13 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $80,557 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 Lukes HospitalDuluth13$52,275$16,643
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth28$62,019$17,071
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood12$101,684$17,390
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul42$96,173$17,591
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina25$76,184$17,722
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis83$95,302$17,848
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale16$69,355$17,876
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park25$101,842$17,991
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids29$112,766$20,075
Regions HospitalSaint Paul28$82,241$21,201
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato17$63,251$21,936
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud44$80,557$21,962
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester68$78,041$30,745

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.