How much does Irregular Heartbeat (with complications) cost?
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay · 1,656 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $22,499
Typical charge
$30,611
Dearest quarter
over $44,673
Actually paid
$7,262
The middle U.S. hospital bills $30,611 for Irregular Heartbeat (with complications). The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $7,262 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 (with 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 34 | $11,571 | $6,985 – $15,714 |
| Massachusetts | 43 | $14,904 | $10,190 – $45,532 |
| Montana | 7 | $17,806 | $14,045 – $22,462 |
| Vermont | 6 | $18,692 | $13,862 – $21,770 |
| Iowa | 19 | $18,839 | $13,249 – $34,165 |
| North Dakota | 6 | $18,966 | $16,030 – $22,471 |
| West Virginia | 14 | $20,576 | $15,558 – $34,374 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | $21,087 | $17,364 – $31,445 |
| Arkansas | 22 | $21,531 | $8,365 – $57,052 |
| Michigan | 46 | $22,139 | $15,257 – $38,233 |
| Mississippi | 17 | $22,571 | $12,538 – $72,918 |
| Minnesota | 17 | $23,419 | $18,079 – $36,906 |
| North Carolina | 52 | $23,705 | $13,468 – $47,426 |
| Maine | 8 | $23,852 | $18,477 – $36,887 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | $24,038 | $16,656 – $50,495 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | $24,351 | $11,642 – $70,114 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | $24,354 | $11,474 – $43,404 |
| Nebraska | 14 | $24,475 | $12,026 – $31,453 |
| Wyoming | 4 | $24,628 | $14,553 – $28,117 |
| Alabama | 25 | $24,636 | $10,092 – $107,730 |
| Kentucky | 29 | $24,785 | $11,447 – $61,671 |
| Oregon | 17 | $25,258 | $16,683 – $36,017 |
| Delaware | 5 | $25,429 | $13,392 – $28,292 |
| Ohio | 79 | $25,442 | $10,973 – $44,440 |
| Virginia | 48 | $25,620 | $13,679 – $65,543 |
| Utah | 6 | $26,117 | $20,578 – $33,675 |
| Louisiana | 21 | $26,135 | $15,105 – $46,520 |
| South Carolina | 31 | $26,324 | $15,636 – $58,729 |
| South Dakota | 6 | $26,375 | $9,121 – $33,558 |
| Tennessee | 38 | $27,512 | $10,783 – $61,619 |
| Missouri | 41 | $28,045 | $16,147 – $90,159 |
| Hawaii | 4 | $29,496 | $22,198 – $54,849 |
| Indiana | 43 | $30,451 | $16,877 – $44,029 |
| Kansas | 18 | $30,524 | $11,911 – $76,306 |
| Connecticut | 19 | $30,650 | $24,150 – $57,033 |
| Georgia | 56 | $31,118 | $15,269 – $65,138 |
| Pennsylvania | 88 | $31,893 | $9,904 – $86,422 |
| Washington | 32 | $32,076 | $17,845 – $44,867 |
| Illinois | 72 | $32,640 | $14,805 – $51,410 |
| Idaho | 9 | $33,510 | $19,096 – $44,084 |
| New York | 83 | $36,727 | $11,643 – $123,233 |
| Texas | 112 | $38,964 | $14,678 – $105,091 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | $40,041 | $34,902 – $75,828 |
| New Mexico | 10 | $40,925 | $11,207 – $66,375 |
| Arizona | 34 | $41,637 | $25,230 – $89,014 |
| Florida | 122 | $42,999 | $9,306 – $102,218 |
| Colorado | 19 | $46,111 | $24,859 – $100,642 |
| New Jersey | 49 | $57,595 | $23,441 – $280,726 |
| California | 134 | $59,747 | $19,557 – $168,041 |
| Alaska | 3 | $64,010 | $41,459 – $72,367 |
| Nevada | 14 | $71,211 | $21,812 – $129,229 |
Where Irregular Heartbeat (with complications) 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 |
$6,985 | $6,447 |
|
Suburban Hospital
Bethesda, MD |
$7,401 | $6,643 |
|
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc
Annapolis, MD |
$7,973 | $7,461 |
|
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD |
$8,016 | $7,483 |
|
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
Towson, MD |
$8,284 | $7,577 |
|
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc
Little Rock, AR |
$8,365 | $4,632 |
|
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown, MD |
$8,639 | $7,887 |
|
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring, MD |
$8,721 | $7,851 |
|
Frederick Health Hospital
Frederick, MD |
$8,811 | $7,962 |
|
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc
Watertown, SD |
$9,121 | $6,098 |
|
Jackson Hospital
Marianna, FL |
$9,306 | $6,589 |
|
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
Elkton, MD |
$9,629 | $8,528 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ |
$280,726 | $10,360 |
|
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ |
$193,131 | $7,777 |
|
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
San Jose, CA |
$168,041 | $9,576 |
|
Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, CA |
$161,676 | $8,269 |
|
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA |
$146,677 | $10,228 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$137,398 | $13,623 |
|
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose, CA |
$129,320 | $9,005 |
|
Valley Hospital Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$129,229 | $8,941 |
|
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY |
$123,233 | $9,290 |
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$117,963 | $10,118 |
|
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA |
$110,245 | $10,324 |
|
Saint Peter's University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ |
$109,556 | $9,199 |
Questions people ask
How much does Irregular Heartbeat (with complications) cost in the United States?
Across 1,656 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Irregular Heartbeat (with complications) is $30,611. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $22,499 and the dearest quarter over $44,673.
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 (with complications), 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. $7,262 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $36,238. 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 309: “CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC”. 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.