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HANK Price Transparency. (n.d.).
AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC (OTHER MS-DRG 268) by State .
PPMan price-transparency data, derived from CMS-required hospital MRFs.
Retrieved June 26, 2026 , from http://ppman.hank.ai/transparency/procedure/MS-DRG 268/by-state?code_type=OTHER
“AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC (OTHER MS-DRG 268) by State.” HANK Price Transparency ,
http://ppman.hank.ai/transparency/procedure/MS-DRG 268/by-state?code_type=OTHER. Accessed
June 26, 2026 .
“AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC (OTHER MS-DRG 268) by State,” HANK Price Transparency ,
accessed June 26, 2026 ,
http://ppman.hank.ai/transparency/procedure/MS-DRG 268/by-state?code_type=OTHER.
Source: PPMan price-transparency data, derived from CMS-required hospital
machine-readable files (45 CFR 180). See
methodology .
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OTHER · across United States
MS-DRG 268 — Aortic And Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon With Mcc
State-by-state median negotiated rates. Lower bars are cheaper states; the
range bar shows the IQR (25th to 75th percentile within each state).
$90,760
National median
$50,743 – $162,740
IQR (p25 – p75)
27
hospitals filing
6
states
Walking in without insurance?
Cash / self-pay price
Cash median
$351,490
vs. negotiated
+287.3%
Hospitals reporting
26
Cash / self-pay rates apply when you don't run the bill through insurance.
Many hospitals also offer income-based discounts on top of the published
cash price — always ask about a financial-assistance application
before paying.
Median negotiated rate, by state
Ranked by typical (median) negotiated price. Hover for state-level IQR.
Median negotiated rate by state for MS-DRG 268 (OTHER), with interquartile range
State Median p25 p75
SC $167,580 $107,455 $361,359
TX $150,679 $114,087 $378,122
NY $68,535 $60,002 $94,144
MI $67,225 $50,376 $90,423
TN $48,972 $36,845 $80,137
GA $7,506 $7,506 $16,278