MS‑DRG 035: Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with CC

What Medicare paid hospitals for MS‑DRG 035 in 2024: nationally, state by state and across hospitals.

Paid per case$17,3021.1× the all-DRG average

Discharges2,8110.06% of all Medicare discharges

Total paid$48.6M195th largest MS‑DRG by spending

Hospitals165in 41 states and DC

Charges ÷ paid6.2×$108,096 average charge

Relative weight2.4053FY2027, 1.9-day geometric mean stay; FY2026 2.3905 (+0.6%)

In 2024 Medicare paid hospitals an average of $17,302 per discharge for MS‑DRG 035, across 2,811 fee-for-service discharges at 165 hospitals: 0.06% of all Medicare inpatient discharges and $48.6M in total, the 195th largest MS‑DRG by Medicare spending.

By state, the average ran from $12,428 in Arkansas to $23,802 in New York. Across hospitals, half were paid between $15,111 and $18,498 per case, and the median hospital $16,576; the payment moves with each hospital’s wage index, teaching and low-income share, and with outlier cases.

Hospitals charged $108,096 on average for these stays, 6.2 times what Medicare paid: charges are list prices, while Medicare pays a fixed amount per MS‑DRG.

See MS‑DRG 035 on the interactive map Price an MS‑DRG 035 claim at any hospital Every MS‑DRG

What changed in FY2027

The rates for discharges from October 1, 2026 (MS‑DRG version 44) against FY2026.

MS‑DRG 035, FY2026 and FY2027
	FY2026	FY2027	Change
Relative weight	2.3905	2.4053	+0.6%
Geometric mean stay (days)	1.9	1.9	0.0
Average stay (days)	2.7	2.8	+0.1

Not capped: the +0.6% is CMS’s yearly recalibration of every weight from recent claims and cost data.
Name, MDC and transfer status are unchanged.

FY2027 national base payment (illustration)

$17,770.24

The FY2027 weight times the operating standardized amount and the capital rate ($6,848.00 + $539.95) at a wage index of 1.0. No IME, DSH, outlier or other hospital-specific adjustment, so it is not what any hospital is paid; price it at a hospital for that.

FY2027 national base payment across the severity levels of MS‑DRG 035
MS‑DRG	Severity	Payment ($)	Step ($)
034	with MCC	28,754.64	+10,984.40
035	with CC	17,770.24	—
036	without CC/MCC	14,179.69	−3,590.55

FY2027 inpatient rates: what else changed on October 1 · Price MS‑DRG 035 at a hospital

Paid per case, by state

MS‑DRG 035 by state, 2024
State	Paid per case	Discharges	Hospitals	Charges ÷ paid
Maryland*	$29,209	30	2	1.1×
New York	$23,802	148	8	5.5×
California	$23,371	140	9	6.0×
Rhode Island	$23,092	22	1	3.0×
Oregon	$20,970	39	2	3.5×
Massachusetts	$20,839	32	2	2.5×
District of Columbia	$20,154	11	1	6.0×
Illinois	$19,739	69	4	5.3×
Alaska	$19,498	11	1	8.0×
New Jersey	$19,245	65	4	6.5×
Wisconsin	$18,693	38	3	4.9×
Minnesota	$18,565	55	3	4.3×
Georgia	$18,346	19	1	10.3×
Washington	$18,155	66	5	6.0×
Delaware	$18,022	33	2	4.1×
North Carolina	$17,752	42	3	5.2×
South Dakota	$17,181	100	4	5.7×
Maine	$16,814	13	1	4.8×
Montana	$16,782	20	1	3.1×
Pennsylvania	$16,627	116	7	7.1×
Arizona	$16,590	38	2	10.2×
Virginia	$16,458	139	10	6.3×
South Carolina	$16,392	46	3	5.4×
Michigan	$16,235	65	5	3.5×
West Virginia	$16,233	32	2	7.0×
Iowa	$16,027	55	3	4.3×
Colorado	$16,002	24	2	6.3×
Texas	$15,916	295	16	8.1×
Ohio	$15,845	52	4	5.6×
Florida	$15,628	373	23	9.5×
Kentucky	$15,587	141	4	8.4×
Nevada	$15,492	15	1	5.7×
Oklahoma	$15,407	65	3	5.3×
Nebraska	$15,329	15	1	3.6×
Indiana	$15,091	98	4	4.3×
North Dakota	$14,911	17	1	4.6×
Mississippi	$14,753	32	2	4.8×
Tennessee	$14,725	120	7	4.6×
Missouri	$14,359	39	3	3.8×
Alabama	$14,269	11	1	12.9×
Louisiana	$13,853	17	1	6.9×
Arkansas	$12,428	53	3	4.8×
United States	$17,302	2,811	165	6.2×

* Maryland hospitals are paid under the state’s all-payer model, not the IPPS, so Maryland is left out of the state range above.

How much hospitals vary

Each hospital’s own average Medicare payment for MS‑DRG 035.

10th percentile	$14,199
25th percentile	$15,111
Median hospital	$16,576
75th percentile	$18,498
90th percentile	$22,173

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The same condition at other severities

036Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without CC/MCC · $13,372

Nearby MS‑DRG numbers

Questions

What did Medicare pay for MS‑DRG 035 in 2024?

An average of $17,302 per discharge across 2,811 fee-for-service discharges at 165 hospitals, $48.6M in total.

Which state paid the most for MS‑DRG 035?

New York, at $23,802 per case; Arkansas paid the least, $12,428.

Where do these figures come from?

From the Medicare Inpatient Hospitals - by Provider and Service (data year 2024): the published hospital-by-DRG averages of Medicare fee-for-service inpatient discharges in 2024. Cells with fewer than 11 discharges are not published, so a hospital with a handful of cases is not counted. Average Medicare payment excludes the patient’s deductible and coinsurance.