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Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $22,751 per procedure at 955 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $20,689 and $23,098.

Also known as: Cardiac ablation, EP study

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $22,751
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $20,689–$23,098
Medicare’s share: $21,11793% of the payment
Average billed charge: $163,748
Hospitals reporting: 955112,680 procedures

Hospitals in Alabama

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Average payment across these 18 hospitals: $19,326National $22,751 · Alabama $19,326
Median hospital: $19,312
Lowest to highest: $17,510–$21,133
Medicare procedures: 1,696

18 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · CCN 010016	24	$17,510	23% below the national average	$15,878	$180,756
Flowers HospitalDothan, AL · CCN 010055	35	$18,204	20% below the national average	$16,570	$277,286
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · CCN 010103	31	$18,608	18% below the national average	$16,976	$223,530
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010139	87	$18,761	18% below the national average	$17,127	$297,480
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence, AL · CCN 010006	34	$18,884	17% below the national average	$17,252	$98,357
University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033 · +$359 outlier payments per case	308	$19,014	16% below the national average	$17,380	$169,637
Thomas HospitalFairhope, AL · CCN 010100	106	$19,144	16% below the national average	$17,510	$96,501
Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · CCN 010083	41	$19,227	15% below the national average	$17,589	$240,882
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · CCN 010104	364	$19,302	15% below the national average	$17,671	$304,166
Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010144	55	$19,323	15% below the national average	$17,686	$58,855
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010113 · +$759 outlier payments per case	96	$19,458	14% below the national average	$17,826	$131,055
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · CCN 010056	74	$19,533	14% below the national average	$17,898	$107,344
USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile, AL · CCN 010090	61	$19,645	14% below the national average	$18,013	$109,657
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville, AL · CCN 010039	194	$19,729	13% below the national average	$18,094	$114,557
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL · CCN 010011	77	$19,778	13% below the national average	$18,140	$93,587
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · CCN 010131	16	$19,981	12% below the national average	$18,349	$323,151
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan, AL · CCN 010001	48	$20,293	11% below the national average	$18,661	$113,691
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · CCN 010092	45	$21,133	About average	$19,501	$71,503

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 66,770 procedures at 858 hospitals · 2021: 80,404 procedures at 901 hospitals · 2022: 87,485 procedures at 913 hospitals · 2023: 96,057 procedures at 932 hospitals · 2024: 112,680 procedures at 955 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$20K	$131K
2021	$22K	$139K
2022	$22K	$137K
2023	$23K	$146K
2024	$23K	$164K

By state, 2024

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

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Average payment by state for Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	1	108	$11,237	$11,237–$11,237
Alabama	18	1,696	$19,326	$18,917–$19,708
West Virginia	5	387	$19,417	$19,479–$19,576
Louisiana	14	1,234	$19,760	$19,512–$20,034
Mississippi	10	1,165	$19,766	$19,438–$19,719
Tennessee	17	2,866	$19,845	$19,539–$20,317
Oklahoma	11	1,586	$20,013	$19,717–$20,335
Ohio	41	4,437	$20,178	$20,025–$20,738
Arkansas	11	1,384	$20,224	$19,955–$20,855
South Carolina	18	2,787	$20,269	$20,016–$20,367
Kentucky	13	1,126	$20,394	$20,025–$21,517
Missouri	22	1,959	$20,444	$20,051–$20,882
Iowa	13	1,460	$20,504	$20,221–$20,996
Kansas	11	1,338	$20,582	$20,386–$20,690
New Mexico	5	537	$20,721	$20,232–$20,968
Georgia	26	2,895	$20,859	$20,221–$21,754
North Carolina	24	3,550	$21,038	$20,777–$21,293
Utah	9	1,125	$21,049	$20,778–$21,222
Texas	93	9,075	$21,057	$20,557–$21,487
Nebraska	7	928	$21,144	$21,064–$21,347
Michigan	27	2,206	$21,144	$20,687–$21,598
Virginia	28	4,805	$21,219	$20,378–$22,006
Florida	75	9,751	$21,299	$21,183–$21,459
Indiana	30	2,626	$21,349	$21,117–$21,816
Maine	3	360	$21,454	$21,043–$22,028
Wisconsin	24	1,559	$21,780	$21,279–$22,281
Idaho	7	782	$22,057	$21,319–$22,634
Montana	6	707	$22,242	$22,064–$22,209
Illinois	54	4,932	$22,279	$21,893–$22,490
Pennsylvania	49	4,721	$22,356	$21,159–$22,852
Colorado	21	2,088	$22,544	$22,338–$22,550
North Dakota	5	263	$22,574	$22,209–$22,209
South Dakota	3	581	$22,635	$21,957–$22,777
Minnesota	13	1,880	$22,881	$22,248–$22,529
Arizona	22	3,740	$23,035	$22,878–$23,098
New Hampshire	4	560	$23,167	$22,872–$23,630
Delaware	5	331	$23,452	$23,304–$23,415
Rhode Island	2	171	$23,644	$23,720–$23,932
District of Columbia	2	689	$23,889	$23,968–$24,146
Washington	18	2,668	$24,244	$23,636–$25,058
Alaska	2	331	$24,447	$24,447–$24,447
Massachusetts	19	3,526	$25,211	$25,131–$25,436
Oregon	10	1,083	$25,212	$24,477–$24,983
Nevada	11	685	$25,275	$25,139–$25,365
New Jersey	15	2,717	$25,576	$24,796–$26,105
New York	37	5,890	$26,183	$24,828–$26,685
Connecticut	8	761	$26,284	$25,800–$26,658
Hawaii	3	179	$26,965	$26,816–$27,069
California	83	10,445	$30,363	$29,114–$30,024

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. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. 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 Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.