APC 5224
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.
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Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $18.7k is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($19.9k), higher than 23% of the 471 hospitals reporting APC 5224. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 8 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $18.3k | $18.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.3k – $18.3k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $18.7k | $18.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.7k – $18.7k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $18.7k | $18.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.7k – $18.7k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $18.7k | $18.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.7k – $18.7k |
| 5 | Humana medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $18.7k | $18.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.7k – $18.7k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans other · outpatient | $68.0k | $68.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $68.0k – $68.0k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans other · outpatient | $84.4k | $84.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $84.4k – $84.4k |
| 8 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo other · outpatient | $98.2k | $98.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $98.2k – $98.2k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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