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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 North Carolina

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Average payment across these 24 hospitals: $21,038National $22,751 · North Carolina $21,038
Median hospital: $21,034
Lowest to highest: $20,466–$21,846
Medicare procedures: 3,550

24 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
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 340002	378	$20,466	10% below the national average	$18,832	$199,368
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 340091 · +$223 outlier payments per case	144	$20,482	About average	$18,847	$109,715
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 340040 · +$323 outlier payments per case	173	$20,507	About average	$18,873	$102,364
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · CCN 340032	102	$20,516	About average	$18,884	$118,084
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · CCN 340004	42	$20,588	About average	$18,956	$159,038
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 340115	63	$20,694	About average	$19,062	$111,353
Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340155	70	$20,804	About average	$19,172	$130,028
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340143	16	$20,861	About average	$19,229	$121,442
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340114 · +$59 outlier payments per case	344	$20,928	About average	$19,295	$121,388
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 340069	204	$20,942	About average	$19,310	$165,825
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · CCN 340028	27	$20,949	About average	$19,308	$92,408
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 340098	69	$21,002	About average	$19,370	$250,268
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340116	41	$21,065	About average	$19,433	$166,218
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	148	$21,072	About average	$19,440	$114,029
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	360	$21,094	About average	$19,462	$129,769
Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · CCN 340113 · +$6,487 outlier payments per case	273	$21,143	About average	$19,509	$238,806
UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · CCN 340061 · +$156 outlier payments per case	156	$21,247	About average	$19,615	$106,118
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 340001	86	$21,287	About average	$19,655	$224,240
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047	146	$21,311	About average	$19,675	$186,729
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340073	49	$21,328	About average	$19,696	$136,214
WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · CCN 340173	46	$21,328	About average	$19,696	$162,723
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	241	$21,428	About average	$19,795	$106,238
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	284	$21,817	About average	$20,186	$88,301
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131 · +$541 outlier payments per case	88	$21,846	About average	$20,214	$146,531

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.