Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in Mississippi

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$130,747typical hospital bill

$31,339typical amount paid

$30,048–$42,992range paid across 8 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $130,747 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	32	$134,621	$30,048
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	11	$124,743	$30,270
Singing River Gulfport	Gulfport	11	$135,224	$30,954
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	32	$132,827	$31,117
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	48	$128,667	$31,562
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	15	$292,505	$32,249
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	44	$117,733	$33,212
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	23	$107,444	$42,992

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.