Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITH MCC
Saint Louis, MO
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St Louis Childrens Hospital’s median price of $94.3k is 51% above the median hospital's median price ($62.6k), higher than 81% of the 1,976 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 268. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Dec 15, 2025
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