Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 220 · Surgery or procedure

Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $55,508 per stay at 291 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $41,926 and $59,591.

Also known as: Heart valve surgery, open-heart surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $55,508
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $41,926–$59,591
Medicare’s share: $43,81679% of the payment
Average billed charge: $270,500
Hospitals reporting: 2918,116 stays

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291 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 251–291. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	37	$66,367	20% above the national average	$49,563	$264,899
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220071	47	$66,724	20% above the national average	$53,228	$242,992
University Of Washington Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500008	48	$66,858	20% above the national average	$45,414	$265,787
University Of Maryland St Joseph Medical CenterTowson, MD · CCN 210063	36	$67,122	21% above the national average	$63,135	$75,268
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham, WA · CCN 500030	21	$67,508	22% above the national average	$40,389	$303,845
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	14	$68,194	23% above the national average	$44,484	$276,734
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · CCN 070022	30	$68,843	24% above the national average	$53,027	$219,900
Rhode Island HospitalProvidence, RI · CCN 410007	15	$69,059	24% above the national average	$40,725	$140,543
Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030103	60	$69,250	25% above the national average	$43,962	$224,129
Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220116	18	$69,309	25% above the national average	$51,171	$154,847
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge, IL · CCN 140223	17	$69,552	25% above the national average	$36,842	$228,669
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie, NY · CCN 330023	19	$69,608	25% above the national average	$47,125	$121,620
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450193	14	$70,144	26% above the national average	$49,024	$509,276
Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · CCN 070025	59	$70,334	27% above the national average	$39,121	$125,406
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MD · CCN 210009	101	$70,618	27% above the national average	$61,876	$77,818
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany, NY · CCN 330013	15	$71,439	29% above the national average	$38,800	$151,915
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury, MD · CCN 210019	14	$71,895	30% above the national average	$65,313	$79,696
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento, CA · CCN 050108	48	$72,334	30% above the national average	$57,504	$291,300
Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · CCN 200009	37	$72,405	30% above the national average	$32,641	$205,243
Suburban HospitalBethesda, MD · CCN 210022	13	$73,012	32% above the national average	$48,182	$79,499
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield, IL · CCN 140148	13	$73,590	33% above the national average	$42,215	$312,568
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester, MN · CCN 240010	113	$73,674	33% above the national average	$47,214	$179,912
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CA · CCN 050327	16	$74,730	35% above the national average	$69,449	$460,504
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla, NY · CCN 330234	16	$75,079	35% above the national average	$69,019	$758,725
Mercy General HospitalSacramento, CA · CCN 050017	21	$76,941	39% above the national average	$50,584	$652,400
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · CCN 330214	37	$77,255	39% above the national average	$62,761	$406,351
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330024	47	$78,177	41% above the national average	$61,252	$265,655
SUNY/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook, NY · CCN 330393	26	$78,197	41% above the national average	$47,890	$269,120
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330101	32	$79,003	42% above the national average	$59,024	$376,940
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattle, WA · CCN 500025	57	$81,579	47% above the national average	$43,342	$443,909
University Of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, VA · CCN 490009	25	$81,861	47% above the national average	$67,729	$377,454
John Muir Medical Center - Concord CampusConcord, CA · CCN 050496	27	$83,005	50% above the national average	$54,929	$690,334
Keck Hospital Of USCLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050696	23	$83,798	51% above the national average	$66,869	$401,122
UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050454	15	$89,551	61% above the national average	$75,617	$374,873
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050262	15	$89,570	61% above the national average	$74,691	$311,487
Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · CCN 050441	99	$103,649	87% above the national average	$82,797	$897,454
University Of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento, CA · CCN 050599	12	$104,808	89% above the national average	$89,253	$671,448
MedStar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore, MD · CCN 210024	29	$107,544	94% above the national average	$98,292	$121,011
University Of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, MD · CCN 210002	77	$157,255	183% above the national average	$151,437	$170,387
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050138	13	$186,335	236% above the national average	$16,711	$128,908
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050076	13	$229,463	313% above the national average	$14,053	$198,991

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

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Average billed charge

2020: 7,912 stays at 299 hospitals · 2021: 8,477 stays at 309 hospitals · 2022: 8,223 stays at 293 hospitals · 2023: 8,365 stays at 300 hospitals · 2024: 8,116 stays at 291 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$47K	$213K
2021	$50K	$226K
2022	$52K	$239K
2023	$54K	$253K
2024	$56K	$270K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Iowa	2	41	$36,196	$35,498–$36,305
Mississippi	4	63	$37,016	$33,289–$38,306
Arkansas	4	95	$38,921	$36,396–$43,977
Kansas	2	36	$39,132	$35,309–$39,610
South Dakota	2	44	$40,249	$38,748–$42,050
Montana	3	63	$41,375	$39,883–$41,821
Oklahoma	2	50	$42,212	$41,437–$46,976
Louisiana	8	122	$42,499	$35,855–$42,274
North Dakota	2	40	$43,657	$43,466–$44,231
Florida	18	498	$44,435	$39,087–$49,080
South Carolina	6	153	$44,643	$38,259–$53,821
Nebraska	3	73	$45,649	$37,259–$46,261
Texas	13	440	$45,846	$39,531–$53,289
Indiana	6	178	$46,335	$43,048–$46,417
Wisconsin	6	189	$46,473	$40,749–$46,432
Tennessee	8	192	$46,480	$40,789–$44,930
Idaho	2	55	$46,686	$46,518–$48,568
Kentucky	6	105	$47,356	$42,111–$50,465
Vermont	1	11	$47,630	$47,630–$47,630
Missouri	8	245	$47,653	$38,593–$45,091
Delaware	1	25	$49,501	$49,501–$49,501
West Virginia	2	47	$49,651	$47,949–$49,925
Colorado	3	89	$49,942	$47,481–$51,781
Utah	5	83	$49,991	$42,359–$54,111
Alabama	4	159	$50,219	$38,879–$47,440
Arizona	9	266	$50,269	$39,758–$46,902
North Carolina	13	334	$51,475	$41,680–$58,372
Alaska	1	18	$51,734	$51,734–$51,734
Georgia	7	196	$51,809	$44,235–$59,137
Nevada	1	22	$52,001	$52,001–$52,001
New Hampshire	2	51	$52,587	$46,966–$57,783
Ohio	9	447	$53,844	$44,266–$59,046
Pennsylvania	14	465	$54,245	$45,585–$59,743
Virginia	8	236	$55,439	$44,157–$57,749
New Jersey	9	288	$55,974	$52,221–$59,309
Michigan	6	279	$56,122	$49,744–$56,550
Oregon	6	125	$56,459	$53,791–$59,054
Hawaii	1	13	$56,725	$56,725–$56,725
Illinois	10	191	$57,456	$48,189–$65,321
Minnesota	8	247	$58,045	$41,079–$54,880
Washington	10	286	$61,129	$48,305–$64,983
Massachusetts	7	186	$62,437	$58,719–$66,116
District of Columbia	1	48	$63,587	$63,587–$63,587
New York	12	309	$67,171	$52,292–$77,486
Connecticut	3	104	$67,763	$62,167–$69,589
Maine	2	50	$68,670	$61,629–$68,813
Rhode Island	1	15	$69,059	$69,059–$69,059
California	23	554	$80,791	$57,860–$86,675
Maryland	7	290	$96,342	$68,870–$90,278

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.