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Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge

MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay · 145 U.S. hospitals publish a price

Cheapest quarter

under $60,875

Typical charge

$85,247

Dearest quarter

over $124,394

Actually paid

$20,977

The middle U.S. hospital bills $85,247 for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $20,977 per case.

These are charges, not quotes. What you pay depends on your insurance and your own case. The figures matter because the charge is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications cost by state

The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.

State Hospitals Typical charge Range
Massachusetts 10 $45,765 $33,361 – $166,303
Wisconsin 4 $50,696 $34,348 – $160,031
North Carolina 5 $65,169 $55,500 – $73,318
Florida 11 $66,127 $52,875 – $156,580
Michigan 3 $66,159 $50,224 – $112,189
Washington 8 $72,353 $66,943 – $171,031
Tennessee 7 $78,192 $43,225 – $218,137
South Carolina 5 $82,773 $47,524 – $132,626
Virginia 11 $83,416 $35,636 – $122,041
New Jersey 6 $86,925 $75,735 – $108,756
Oklahoma 3 $92,935 $56,680 – $178,386
Illinois 6 $96,603 $59,998 – $107,313
Ohio 3 $103,623 $76,344 – $136,117
Alabama 3 $108,528 $75,871 – $145,134
Pennsylvania 5 $121,721 $44,006 – $346,079
Texas 7 $124,271 $51,962 – $185,262
California 7 $140,937 $119,072 – $323,589
New York 8 $213,487 $34,266 – $286,560

Where Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications is charged least

Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.

Hospital Charged Actually paid
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital

Baltimore, MD

$26,827 $23,685
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital

Saint Cloud, MN

$29,324 $18,848
Deaconess Hospital Inc

Evansville, IN

$31,260 $15,436
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth

Plymouth, MA

$33,361 $16,227
Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, MA

$34,173 $21,257
United Health Services Hospitals, Inc

Binghamton, NY

$34,266 $18,817
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center

La Crosse, WI

$34,348 $19,064
Riverside Regional Medical Center

Newport News, VA

$35,636 $15,564
Cape Cod Hospital

Hyannis, MA

$35,636 $20,285
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital

Eau Claire, WI

$40,843 $15,152
Lowell General Hospital

Lowell, MA

$41,004 $16,911
Providence St Vincent Medical Center

Portland, OR

$42,742 $18,435

Where it is charged most

Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.

Hospital Charged Actually paid
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside

Pittsburgh, PA

$346,079 $28,509
Ucsf Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

$323,589 $57,823
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, NY

$286,560 $35,419
Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, NY

$273,217 $42,442
Nyu Langone Hospitals

New York, NY

$267,816 $37,811
Mount Sinai West

New York, NY

$250,599 $33,136
Adventist Health And Rideout

Marysville, CA

$248,147 $31,967
Marinhealth Medical Center

Greenbrae, CA

$219,497 $22,258
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

$218,137 $37,693
Baptist Medical Center

San Antonio, TX

$185,262 $15,143
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc

Gainesville, GA

$180,238 $20,605
Methodist Hospital

San Antonio, TX

$178,421 $14,079

Questions people ask

What do U.S. hospitals charge for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications?

Across 145 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications is $85,247. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $60,875 and the dearest quarter over $124,394.

Why do hospitals charge such different amounts for the same procedure?

Because a hospital charge is a list price it sets itself, not a regulated rate. For Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.8x what the cheapest tenth charge for the same coded work. Insurers negotiate their own rates from those lists, which is why the charge and what is actually paid can be very far apart.

Is that what I would actually pay?

No. $20,977 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $103,299. If you have insurance, your plan pays a negotiated rate and you pay your deductible and coinsurance. If you are uninsured or out of network, the hospital's charge is where your bill starts — which is why the gap matters. Ask for a written good-faith estimate before treatment.

What this code covers

CMS records this work as MS-DRG 283: “ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, EXPIRED WITH MCC”. A DRG covers a whole inpatient stay rather than a single item, so the charge includes the room, the procedure and the care around it. Codes that mention complications carry a different, usually higher price.