DRG

AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC

DRG Code: 269

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Key Metrics

Total Discharges
7,418
Avg Medicare Payment ($)
$33,149.24
Avg Total Payment ($)
$38,170.80
Avg Covered Charge ($)
$181,242.80
Number of Hospitals
383

Payment Range (Avg Medicare Payment)

Minimum
$20,195.23
25th Percentile
$27,359.83
Median
$30,713.08
75th Percentile
$35,287.36
Maximum
$141,680.17

Top 20 Hospitals by Discharges

Rank Hospital Discharges Avg Medicare Payment
1 Ut Southwestern University Hospital 58 $39,934.81
2 Ecu Health Medical Center 54 $32,798.28
3 Baylor Sott & White The Heart Hospital Plano 54 $27,493.78
4 Nyu Langone Hospitals 48 $57,267.46
5 Baptist Memorial Hospital 46 $25,405.26
6 Kansas Heart Hospital 44 $23,441.50
7 Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester 43 $40,048.65
8 Lehigh Valley Hospital 43 $33,103.93
9 Medstar Washington Hospital Center 42 $37,371.93
10 Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota 41 $26,765.85
11 Stanford Health Care 40 $61,026.10
12 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 40 $45,985.23
13 New York-Presbyterian Hospital 39 $52,970.87
14 Musc Medical Center 39 $39,256.28
15 Inova Fairfax Hospital 39 $29,729.21
16 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 38 $39,732.37
17 University Of Alabama Hospital 37 $29,891.30
18 Sarasota Memorial Hospital 37 $27,636.30
19 Norton Hospital / Norton Healthcare Pavilion / Nor 37 $31,077.22
20 The Nebraska Medical Center 37 $33,485.32

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Methodology

Data source: Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (DRG) (dataset ID: inpatient-by-drg). Vintage: 2023. Downloaded: 2026-04-13. Rows in source: 146,427.

Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service reports charges and payments for hospital inpatient stays by DRG (Diagnosis Related Group). Payment amounts reflect what Medicare actually paid, while covered charges are the hospital's list price before adjustments.

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