Cath lab, a drug-eluting stent or two, a night of telemetry.
Your cash sticker$38,867
Typical commercial / insured$63,632
Medicare-like yardstick$20,010
Rack rate if you have no deal$89,085
Insured markup on this quote: $24,764 (64%) above cash. Quality score 70/100 at California Community Hospital (model). This episode is tagged modeled from anchors.
Full-service community hospital (model). The default local option.
Evidence on this page. Commercial prices vs Medicare, by state · Hospital wage index — see the evidence ledger. Hospitals are archetypes (academic / community / ASC), not named facilities. Coastal flagships: wage + bargaining power, not just ‘better care.’