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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 South Carolina

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Average payment across these 18 hospitals: $20,269National $22,751 · South Carolina $20,269
Median hospital: $20,233
Lowest to highest: $18,038–$21,859
Medicare procedures: 2,787

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
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · CCN 420002	59	$18,038	21% below the national average	$16,403	$252,203
MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · CCN 420091	20	$19,419	15% below the national average	$17,787	$143,274
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	99	$19,728	13% below the national average	$18,096	$160,769
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, SC · CCN 420018 · +$486 outlier payments per case	270	$19,885	13% below the national average	$18,249	$175,384
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach, SC · CCN 420085	155	$19,983	12% below the national average	$18,349	$413,597
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420078	341	$20,114	12% below the national average	$18,482	$147,891
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023 · +$2,351 outlier payments per case	172	$20,121	12% below the national average	$18,489	$291,856
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · CCN 420051	113	$20,127	12% below the national average	$18,494	$149,533
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · CCN 420073	201	$20,173	11% below the national average	$18,541	$151,214
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC · CCN 420082	34	$20,292	11% below the national average	$18,655	$166,446
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · CCN 420080	11	$20,292	11% below the national average	$18,644	$154,533
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004 · +$1,519 outlier payments per case	268	$20,301	11% below the national average	$18,664	$133,320
Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420079	361	$20,308	11% below the national average	$18,674	$520,706
Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420087	313	$20,386	10% below the national average	$18,753	$95,735
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · CCN 420026 · +$127 outlier payments per case	150	$20,689	About average	$19,053	$164,142
Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · CCN 420027	51	$21,730	About average	$20,094	$232,215
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · CCN 420071	26	$21,780	About average	$20,148	$144,513
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420007	143	$21,859	About average	$20,227	$95,164

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.