US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc in New Hampshire

MS-DRG 243: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with cc

$99,985typical hospital bill
$19,175typical amount paid
$18,023–$25,358range paid across 6 hospitals

New Hampshire hospitals billed Medicare a typical $99,985 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
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover13$128,681$18,023
Catholic Medical CenterManchester18$91,804$18,305
Concord HospitalConcord14$108,166$18,315
Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth13$172,605$20,036
Exeter Hospital IncExeter13$69,554$21,369
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon28$72,560$25,358

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.