How much does Heart Catheter Procedure (severe) cost?
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay · 1,136 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $107,651
Typical charge
$143,694
Dearest quarter
over $195,687
Actually paid
$26,486
The middle U.S. hospital bills $143,694 for Heart Catheter Procedure (severe). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.2x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $26,486 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.
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe) 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 | 22 | $32,727 | $21,618 – $57,047 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | $90,707 | $57,011 – $172,039 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $91,296 | $90,115 – $102,535 |
| Montana | 4 | $91,470 | $69,682 – $114,769 |
| Iowa | 16 | $94,325 | $68,666 – $172,842 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | $98,199 | $55,677 – $250,010 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | $101,463 | $72,675 – $172,816 |
| Michigan | 35 | $106,418 | $63,634 – $237,781 |
| Nebraska | 8 | $106,545 | $82,898 – $143,863 |
| Arkansas | 18 | $110,342 | $48,818 – $301,206 |
| Oregon | 13 | $113,541 | $73,890 – $179,653 |
| Mississippi | 14 | $113,776 | $54,156 – $416,422 |
| North Carolina | 25 | $114,290 | $78,500 – $191,199 |
| Ohio | 50 | $114,809 | $69,669 – $238,738 |
| Missouri | 36 | $119,955 | $76,052 – $384,372 |
| Utah | 6 | $120,309 | $88,618 – $357,867 |
| Delaware | 3 | $120,311 | $96,255 – $140,190 |
| Minnesota | 15 | $122,214 | $86,534 – $202,641 |
| Hawaii | 4 | $125,980 | $59,159 – $183,689 |
| Idaho | 7 | $129,617 | $88,065 – $242,633 |
| West Virginia | 13 | $130,117 | $69,894 – $168,179 |
| South Dakota | 4 | $131,172 | $102,274 – $157,887 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | $131,542 | $79,734 – $270,248 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | $132,623 | $79,416 – $301,722 |
| Alabama | 20 | $134,123 | $66,251 – $480,676 |
| Kansas | 13 | $135,872 | $48,796 – $358,906 |
| Illinois | 49 | $136,081 | $73,812 – $224,716 |
| South Carolina | 19 | $136,633 | $69,315 – $397,733 |
| Virginia | 31 | $137,094 | $72,499 – $433,636 |
| Washington | 21 | $137,496 | $85,572 – $240,440 |
| Connecticut | 9 | $137,629 | $98,501 – $197,620 |
| Tennessee | 23 | $140,534 | $51,380 – $279,036 |
| Indiana | 31 | $143,940 | $78,545 – $245,705 |
| Pennsylvania | 50 | $145,026 | $57,182 – $438,192 |
| Louisiana | 16 | $147,772 | $97,655 – $268,916 |
| Georgia | 33 | $150,812 | $70,761 – $246,750 |
| New York | 46 | $152,468 | $52,614 – $341,222 |
| Colorado | 18 | $158,107 | $94,359 – $440,121 |
| New Mexico | 7 | $162,729 | $66,367 – $284,021 |
| Kentucky | 19 | $163,213 | $74,892 – $255,948 |
| Texas | 86 | $169,086 | $99,423 – $433,578 |
| Arizona | 28 | $172,659 | $105,260 – $416,939 |
| New Jersey | 35 | $177,013 | $127,025 – $468,359 |
| Florida | 92 | $192,079 | $87,998 – $454,299 |
| California | 103 | $219,637 | $84,562 – $711,668 |
| Alaska | 4 | $249,356 | $177,035 – $371,455 |
| Nevada | 10 | $391,581 | $121,984 – $492,684 |
Where Heart Catheter Procedure (severe) 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 Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$21,618 | $20,149 |
|
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Bel Air, MD |
$24,573 | $22,613 |
|
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc
Salisbury, MD |
$24,737 | $22,421 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$26,304 | $23,392 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$26,782 | $24,990 |
|
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$27,491 | $24,584 |
|
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
Cumberland, MD |
$28,414 | $25,206 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$28,558 | $26,087 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$28,874 | $26,121 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$30,308 | $27,954 |
|
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton, MD |
$32,630 | $31,243 |
|
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD |
$32,824 | $29,112 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$711,668 | $32,830 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$534,005 | $39,247 |
|
Ucla West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA |
$516,143 | $30,542 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$512,998 | $58,327 |
|
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA |
$512,962 | $36,222 |
|
Uci Health - Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley, CA |
$495,983 | $28,183 |
|
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Thousand Oaks, CA |
$495,682 | $35,312 |
|
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$492,684 | $25,138 |
|
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL |
$480,676 | $20,065 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$475,639 | $31,128 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$468,359 | $27,717 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$458,991 | $36,860 |
Questions people ask
How much does Heart Catheter Procedure (severe) cost in the United States?
Across 1,136 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Heart Catheter Procedure (severe) is $143,694. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $107,651 and the dearest quarter over $195,687.
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 Heart Catheter Procedure (severe), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.2x 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. $26,486 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $164,137. 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 321: “PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/”. 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.