Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc — what U.S. hospitals charge
MS-DRG 033 · Inpatient stay · 45 U.S. hospitals publish a price
Cheapest quarter
under $56,295
Typical charge
$78,742
Dearest quarter
over $94,530
Actually paid
$17,740
The middle U.S. hospital bills $78,742 for Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc. The dearest hospitals charge about 2.6x what the cheapest do for the same coded work. Medicare actually paid about $17,740 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 without Complications/mcc cost by state
The middle charge in each state where at least three hospitals publish a price, cheapest first.
Where Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc 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 |
$24,901 | $22,074 |
|
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD |
$28,956 | $25,331 |
|
Johns Hopkins Hospital, The
Baltimore, MD |
$29,759 | $26,502 |
|
Ut Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.
Dallas, TX |
$43,823 | $13,886 |
|
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Rochester, MN |
$47,472 | $19,913 |
|
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Weston, FL |
$48,308 | $12,436 |
|
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT |
$48,723 | $19,552 |
|
University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics
Salt Lake City, UT |
$49,591 | $16,891 |
|
Kaleida Health
Buffalo, NY |
$50,873 | $16,885 |
|
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL |
$52,994 | $14,890 |
|
Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital
Murrells Inlet, SC |
$54,076 | $11,700 |
|
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH |
$56,295 | $17,415 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV |
$256,111 | $14,300 |
|
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA |
$188,896 | $25,246 |
|
Nyu Langone Hospitals
New York, NY |
$183,155 | $20,781 |
|
O U Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK |
$148,695 | $16,877 |
|
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, FL |
$122,029 | $12,276 |
|
Adventhealth Orlando
Orlando, FL |
$121,589 | $15,602 |
|
University Of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA |
$118,228 | $22,418 |
|
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA |
$107,440 | $18,146 |
|
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak
San Antonio, TX |
$102,767 | $11,024 |
|
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY |
$99,299 | $21,867 |
|
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX |
$98,518 | $14,031 |
|
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY |
$94,530 | $17,720 |
Questions people ask
What do U.S. hospitals charge for Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc?
Across 45 U.S. hospitals, the middle charge for Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc is $78,742. Half of hospitals charge less than that and half charge more. The cheapest quarter charge under $56,295 and the dearest quarter over $94,530.
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 without Complications/mcc, the hospitals in the dearest tenth charge about 2.6x 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. $17,740 is roughly what Medicare actually paid per case, against an average charge of $84,032. 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 033: “VENTRICULAR SHUNT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/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.