Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 173 · Inpatient stay · 8 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $88,968
Typical charge
$103,089
Dearest quarter
over $137,179
Actually paid
$27,958
The middle U.S. hospital bills $103,089 for Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.1x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $27,958 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.
Where Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis is charged least
Hospitals that performed it at least eleven times, so a single case cannot set the figure.
| Hospital | Charged | Actually paid |
|---|---|---|
|
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN |
$67,930 | $22,890 |
|
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, Llc
Oklahoma City, OK |
$86,380 | $19,834 |
|
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH |
$89,830 | $35,027 |
|
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Lebanon, NH |
$100,085 | $43,468 |
|
Willis Knighton Medical Center
Shreveport, LA |
$106,094 | $21,387 |
|
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital
Lynchburg, VA |
$135,135 | $26,782 |
|
Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA |
$143,313 | $31,050 |
|
Baptist Medical Center
San Antonio, TX |
$231,798 | $23,229 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Baptist Medical Center
San Antonio, TX |
$231,798 | $23,229 |
|
Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA |
$143,313 | $31,050 |
|
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital
Lynchburg, VA |
$135,135 | $26,782 |
|
Willis Knighton Medical Center
Shreveport, LA |
$106,094 | $21,387 |
|
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Lebanon, NH |
$100,085 | $43,468 |
|
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH |
$89,830 | $35,027 |
|
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, Llc
Oklahoma City, OK |
$86,380 | $19,834 |
|
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN |
$67,930 | $22,890 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis?
Across 8 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis is $103,089. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $88,968 and the dearest quarter over $137,179.
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 Ultrasound Accelerated and Other Thrombolysis with Principal Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolis, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.1x 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. $27,958 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $116,614. 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 173: “ULTRASOUND ACCELERATED AND OTHER THROMBOLYSIS WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS PULMONARY EMBOLIS”. 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.