Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Complications — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 032 · Inpatient stay · 27 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $73,765
Typical charge
$100,950
Dearest quarter
over $126,564
Actually paid
$25,769
The middle U.S. hospital bills $100,950 for Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Complications. The dearest hospitals charge about 3.9x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $25,769 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.
Ventricular Shunt Procedures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3 | $163,404 | $122,373 – $185,591 |
| California | 4 | $203,832 | $120,330 – $247,469 |
Where Ventricular Shunt Procedures 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD |
$27,729 | $24,388 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$46,021 | $40,779 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$46,990 | $16,908 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$49,690 | $25,638 |
|
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL |
$56,380 | $22,243 |
|
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH |
$65,772 | $19,520 |
|
Ohio State University State Health System
Columbus, OH |
$70,598 | $20,586 |
|
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT |
$76,931 | $30,638 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA |
$80,392 | $25,347 |
|
Medical College Of Virginia Hospitals
Richmond, VA |
$83,125 | $22,837 |
|
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Boston, MA |
$92,201 | $24,988 |
|
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC |
$93,996 | $24,127 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA |
$247,469 | $26,525 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$213,998 | $32,798 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$193,666 | $33,908 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$185,591 | $30,154 |
|
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY |
$163,404 | $32,039 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$146,608 | $21,989 |
|
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN |
$130,754 | $30,146 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$122,373 | $26,584 |
|
Uci Health-Orange
Orange, CA |
$120,330 | $29,072 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$118,957 | $18,312 |
|
Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, IL |
$105,539 | $18,506 |
|
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Saint Louis, MO |
$102,436 | $22,786 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Complications?
Across 27 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Complications is $100,950. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $73,765 and the dearest quarter over $126,564.
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 Ventricular Shunt Procedures 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. $25,769 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $107,483. 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 032: “VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES 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.