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Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with MCC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $30,574 per stay at 513 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $25,091 and $33,573.

Also known as: Pacemaker

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $30,574
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $25,091–$33,573
Medicare’s share: $26,96188% of the payment
Average billed charge: $160,492
Hospitals reporting: 5139,743 stays

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Average payment across these 17 hospitals: $37,515National $30,574 · Massachusetts $37,515
Median hospital: $34,848
Lowest to highest: $27,543–$54,681
Medicare stays: 394

17 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with MCC by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River, MA · CCN 220074	42	$27,543	About average	$25,541	$95,944
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth, MA · CCN 220060	11	$28,068	About average	$26,881	$105,809
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth, MA · CCN 220100	19	$28,368	About average	$24,003	$57,164
Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · CCN 220063	15	$28,681	About average	$27,378	$65,669
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton, MA · CCN 220101	20	$30,473	About average	$28,545	$82,505
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · CCN 220010	11	$31,578	About average	$29,008	$74,070
North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA · CCN 220035	19	$34,022	11% above the national average	$26,471	$84,240
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA · CCN 220171	36	$34,603	13% above the national average	$31,724	$71,820
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220077	38	$34,848	14% above the national average	$31,301	$50,570
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton, MA · CCN 220036	14	$36,584	20% above the national average	$34,275	$65,836
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis, MA · CCN 220012	31	$37,188	22% above the national average	$33,553	$100,322
St Vincent HospitalWorcester, MA · CCN 220176	14	$37,865	24% above the national average	$34,947	$237,388
Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220110	20	$41,898	37% above the national average	$38,124	$153,155
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220071	29	$42,484	39% above the national average	$37,683	$150,255
UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester, MA · CCN 220163	17	$43,898	44% above the national average	$40,343	$156,542
Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220116	11	$53,770	76% above the national average	$47,947	$146,636
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220086	47	$54,681	79% above the national average	$49,304	$109,824

National trend

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

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2020: 10,046 stays at 530 hospitals · 2021: 10,156 stays at 530 hospitals · 2022: 10,542 stays at 551 hospitals · 2023: 10,272 stays at 543 hospitals · 2024: 9,743 stays at 513 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with MCC
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$29K	$137K
2021	$30K	$141K
2022	$31K	$153K
2023	$30K	$152K
2024	$31K	$160K

By state, 2024

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

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Average payment by state for Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with MCC, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	1	31	$21,427	$21,427–$21,427
Nebraska	3	66	$22,759	$21,840–$23,455
Alabama	4	72	$23,112	$22,519–$23,688
Louisiana	4	53	$23,447	$22,055–$23,548
Arkansas	5	72	$23,670	$21,791–$25,336
Mississippi	4	59	$24,047	$23,430–$24,547
Oklahoma	7	130	$24,352	$22,847–$26,112
New Mexico	3	46	$24,478	$23,739–$25,098
Kentucky	8	125	$25,186	$23,108–$25,423
Kansas	8	126	$25,262	$23,263–$26,900
Colorado	4	54	$25,370	$24,485–$26,051
Florida	46	828	$25,616	$23,508–$27,190
Montana	2	45	$26,164	$25,922–$26,624
Utah	5	76	$26,473	$27,234–$27,615
Indiana	14	254	$26,581	$24,962–$28,126
Missouri	11	168	$26,584	$23,771–$28,254
Tennessee	13	227	$26,628	$23,713–$27,092
Iowa	7	137	$26,666	$23,948–$26,945
South Carolina	10	221	$27,052	$23,028–$29,538
North Dakota	4	65	$27,349	$26,611–$27,819
Texas	41	774	$27,639	$24,202–$28,352
Illinois	20	337	$27,818	$25,570–$30,218
North Carolina	13	318	$27,963	$24,148–$29,282
South Dakota	3	65	$28,278	$26,413–$30,324
Michigan	14	269	$28,825	$27,653–$29,954
Virginia	16	397	$28,930	$25,594–$29,237
Idaho	2	33	$28,947	$28,308–$32,146
Delaware	3	58	$29,246	$27,385–$30,278
Ohio	20	332	$29,805	$25,358–$30,970
Wisconsin	5	112	$30,147	$26,501–$31,426
Georgia	12	207	$30,183	$26,997–$30,834
Pennsylvania	25	530	$30,651	$26,369–$29,965
Nevada	5	98	$30,916	$28,558–$30,831
Arizona	11	183	$30,939	$25,701–$32,192
Minnesota	10	317	$31,734	$27,989–$32,007
Washington	13	245	$31,736	$28,700–$33,992
Wyoming	1	13	$31,789	$31,789–$31,789
Maine	2	68	$32,503	$31,009–$33,318
Alaska	1	32	$33,087	$33,087–$33,087
West Virginia	4	61	$33,130	$30,520–$36,817
Oregon	5	99	$33,467	$30,639–$35,702
New Jersey	18	374	$34,672	$30,720–$37,042
New Hampshire	2	47	$35,260	$29,515–$35,868
Rhode Island	2	25	$36,279	$33,820–$40,291
Massachusetts	17	394	$37,515	$30,473–$41,898
Connecticut	3	71	$38,398	$35,588–$40,476
District of Columbia	1	46	$39,111	$39,111–$39,111
California	45	680	$39,331	$33,535–$41,907
New York	24	506	$40,117	$33,304–$42,831
Maryland	10	173	$40,699	$33,501–$41,354
Hawaii	2	24	$41,784	$40,105–$42,984

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.