Chest Pain — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay · 616 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $25,510
Typical charge
$33,744
Dearest quarter
over $52,255
Actually paid
$6,988
The middle U.S. hospital bills $33,744 for Chest Pain. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.8x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $6,988 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.
Chest Pain cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
| State | Hospitals | Typical charge | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 12 | $10,323 | $6,851 – $14,864 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | $16,199 | $7,954 – $80,541 |
| Alabama | 15 | $21,160 | $14,629 – $88,567 |
| West Virginia | 10 | $21,636 | $14,552 – $42,549 |
| Michigan | 20 | $21,853 | $13,532 – $33,512 |
| North Carolina | 17 | $25,025 | $18,523 – $59,762 |
| Indiana | 11 | $25,540 | $18,265 – $48,900 |
| Minnesota | 4 | $25,595 | $14,833 – $32,128 |
| Louisiana | 10 | $25,715 | $12,693 – $33,551 |
| Ohio | 23 | $25,991 | $11,757 – $58,831 |
| Mississippi | 5 | $26,671 | $17,925 – $60,348 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | $26,794 | $19,348 – $44,197 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | $27,595 | $15,347 – $70,537 |
| Virginia | 16 | $28,677 | $16,875 – $62,052 |
| Missouri | 14 | $29,885 | $18,663 – $65,425 |
| Kentucky | 8 | $31,243 | $17,993 – $44,838 |
| South Carolina | 11 | $31,255 | $15,091 – $48,512 |
| Illinois | 31 | $31,861 | $22,675 – $56,349 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | $31,904 | $12,636 – $46,963 |
| Georgia | 30 | $33,603 | $17,388 – $62,908 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | $34,369 | $30,317 – $60,418 |
| Washington | 4 | $37,214 | $22,007 – $46,646 |
| Tennessee | 19 | $37,957 | $11,735 – $75,595 |
| Arizona | 9 | $38,359 | $26,873 – $83,760 |
| New York | 35 | $41,799 | $11,755 – $74,081 |
| Florida | 96 | $44,612 | $21,691 – $109,262 |
| Texas | 44 | $45,888 | $19,268 – $93,620 |
| New Jersey | 22 | $49,032 | $20,756 – $66,368 |
| Kansas | 4 | $56,589 | $29,380 – $68,172 |
| California | 65 | $56,628 | $20,904 – $158,451 |
| Nevada | 10 | $97,577 | $56,401 – $116,514 |
Where Chest Pain is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$6,851 | $6,364 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$7,343 | $6,898 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$7,362 | $6,730 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$7,954 | $5,851 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$9,250 | $8,334 |
|
Brown University Health Morton Hospital
Taunton, MA |
$9,789 | $6,145 |
|
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
Cumberland, MD |
$10,102 | $8,973 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$10,305 | $9,241 |
|
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
Silver Spring, MD |
$10,341 | $9,275 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Plymouth, MA |
$10,986 | $6,047 |
|
St Bernards Medical Center
Jonesboro, AR |
$11,193 | $4,950 |
|
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$11,243 | $9,899 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$158,451 | $8,678 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$139,113 | $9,063 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$134,481 | $12,465 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$117,454 | $9,861 |
|
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$116,514 | $7,534 |
|
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$114,423 | $6,680 |
|
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$109,852 | $6,881 |
|
Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park, FL |
$109,262 | $6,967 |
|
Westside Regional Medical Center
Plantation, FL |
$106,410 | $6,980 |
|
Ucla West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA |
$104,294 | $7,038 |
|
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center
Long Beach, CA |
$104,224 | $10,472 |
|
Henderson Hospital
Henderson, NV |
$102,970 | $6,822 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Chest Pain?
Across 616 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Chest Pain is $33,744. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $25,510 and the dearest quarter over $52,255.
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 Chest Pain, 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. $6,988 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $42,150. 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 313: “CHEST PAIN”. 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.