How much does Irregular Heartbeat (severe) cost?
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay · 1,502 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $34,840
Typical charge
$47,353
Dearest quarter
over $69,294
Actually paid
$11,229
The middle U.S. hospital bills $47,353 for Irregular Heartbeat (severe). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $11,229 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.
Irregular Heartbeat (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 | 35 | $18,031 | $10,033 – $50,712 |
| Massachusetts | 44 | $23,911 | $11,354 – $90,135 |
| Iowa | 18 | $28,459 | $20,290 – $49,326 |
| Vermont | 5 | $30,373 | $19,141 – $54,541 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | $30,417 | $24,875 – $53,123 |
| Montana | 8 | $31,880 | $22,493 – $38,871 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $33,229 | $22,267 – $41,252 |
| Maine | 6 | $33,408 | $20,891 – $51,618 |
| Michigan | 44 | $34,422 | $23,011 – $80,126 |
| North Carolina | 48 | $36,911 | $22,117 – $66,823 |
| Minnesota | 21 | $36,955 | $20,528 – $97,075 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | $37,161 | $31,012 – $71,344 |
| Alabama | 26 | $37,861 | $14,874 – $166,398 |
| Arkansas | 22 | $38,135 | $14,299 – $135,601 |
| Oregon | 16 | $38,240 | $25,601 – $63,088 |
| Virginia | 47 | $38,819 | $20,662 – $123,828 |
| South Dakota | 5 | $38,886 | $32,783 – $47,925 |
| Tennessee | 33 | $39,198 | $15,752 – $112,679 |
| Nebraska | 9 | $39,357 | $24,639 – $53,669 |
| Ohio | 73 | $39,508 | $15,245 – $115,539 |
| Delaware | 6 | $39,593 | $15,203 – $45,960 |
| Mississippi | 17 | $39,739 | $17,278 – $119,977 |
| Utah | 5 | $39,906 | $31,818 – $63,869 |
| West Virginia | 15 | $40,234 | $16,213 – $55,278 |
| South Carolina | 28 | $42,293 | $21,227 – $109,284 |
| Oklahoma | 25 | $43,032 | $17,552 – $130,660 |
| Wisconsin | 19 | $43,045 | $20,092 – $60,454 |
| Indiana | 37 | $43,745 | $24,868 – $84,425 |
| Kansas | 14 | $44,726 | $25,636 – $138,933 |
| Missouri | 35 | $44,811 | $24,409 – $155,627 |
| Pennsylvania | 75 | $47,086 | $12,719 – $168,903 |
| Louisiana | 22 | $47,213 | $18,657 – $116,814 |
| Kentucky | 24 | $47,274 | $18,860 – $82,440 |
| Illinois | 68 | $47,301 | $21,694 – $80,948 |
| Connecticut | 18 | $47,726 | $38,633 – $73,889 |
| Washington | 27 | $47,813 | $20,674 – $89,152 |
| Hawaii | 3 | $49,903 | $49,070 – $72,026 |
| New Mexico | 5 | $50,553 | $34,255 – $69,008 |
| Georgia | 48 | $53,331 | $17,412 – $111,663 |
| Idaho | 6 | $55,569 | $30,747 – $72,775 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | $60,028 | $46,838 – $153,878 |
| Arizona | 33 | $61,182 | $32,871 – $121,425 |
| Texas | 106 | $61,419 | $16,075 – $327,470 |
| Florida | 110 | $63,810 | $25,541 – $188,528 |
| Colorado | 18 | $64,881 | $26,397 – $118,252 |
| New York | 64 | $66,197 | $17,934 – $199,999 |
| California | 124 | $83,741 | $25,738 – $309,232 |
| Alaska | 3 | $89,030 | $87,091 – $90,005 |
| New Jersey | 44 | $92,995 | $39,295 – $323,681 |
| Nevada | 15 | $108,531 | $25,828 – $225,618 |
Where Irregular Heartbeat (severe) is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia, MD |
$10,033 | $9,049 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$11,279 | $10,391 |
|
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA |
$11,354 | $10,378 |
|
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA |
$12,078 | $9,446 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$12,335 | $11,455 |
|
Washington Hospital, The
Washington, PA |
$12,719 | $9,165 |
|
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
$13,833 | $12,267 |
|
University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD |
$14,162 | $13,208 |
|
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc
Little Rock, AR |
$14,299 | $7,399 |
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$14,568 | $13,344 |
|
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc
Lanham, MD |
$14,602 | $13,760 |
|
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
Rosedale, MD |
$14,628 | $13,197 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Medical City Plano
Plano, TX |
$327,470 | $12,618 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$323,681 | $11,773 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$309,232 | $13,356 |
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$304,371 | $14,047 |
|
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$225,618 | $11,339 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$210,643 | $15,779 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$199,999 | $16,068 |
|
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX |
$199,215 | $11,559 |
|
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$198,321 | $17,802 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$197,435 | $21,257 |
|
Hca Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park, FL |
$188,528 | $12,089 |
|
Henderson Hospital
Henderson, NV |
$188,086 | $10,370 |
Questions people ask
How much does Irregular Heartbeat (severe) cost in the United States?
Across 1,502 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Irregular Heartbeat (severe) is $47,353. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $34,840 and the dearest quarter over $69,294.
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 Irregular Heartbeat (severe), the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 3.9x 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. $11,229 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $57,178. 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 308: “CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS 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.