MS‑DRG 273: Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with MCC

What Medicare paid hospitals for MS‑DRG 273 in 2024: nationally, state by state and across hospitals.

Paid per case$33,4832.2× the all-DRG average

Discharges5,2440.11% of all Medicare discharges

Total paid$175.6M93rd largest MS‑DRG by spending

Hospitals261in 45 states and DC

Charges ÷ paid6.8×$229,201 average charge

Relative weight4.2964FY2027, 3.7-day geometric mean stay; FY2026 4.1255 (+4.1%)

In 2024 Medicare paid hospitals an average of $33,483 per discharge for MS‑DRG 273, across 5,244 fee-for-service discharges at 261 hospitals: 0.11% of all Medicare inpatient discharges and $175.6M in total, the 93rd largest MS‑DRG by Medicare spending.

By state, the average ran from $23,355 in Arkansas to $45,426 in California. Across hospitals, half were paid between $27,029 and $36,680 per case, and the median hospital $30,599; the payment moves with each hospital’s wage index, teaching and low-income share, and with outlier cases.

Hospitals charged $229,201 on average for these stays, 6.8 times what Medicare paid: charges are list prices, while Medicare pays a fixed amount per MS‑DRG.

See MS‑DRG 273 on the interactive map Price an MS‑DRG 273 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 273, FY2026 and FY2027
	FY2026	FY2027	Change
Relative weight	4.1255	4.2964	+4.1%
Geometric mean stay (days)	3.7	3.7	0.0
Average stay (days)	5.6	5.5	−0.1

Not capped: the +4.1% 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)

$31,741.59

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 273
MS‑DRG	Severity	Payment ($)	Step ($)
273	with MCC	31,741.59	—
274	without MCC	24,589.31	−7,152.28

FY2027 inpatient rates: what else changed on October 1 · Price MS‑DRG 273 at a hospital

Paid per case, by state

MS‑DRG 273 by state, 2024
State	Paid per case	Discharges	Hospitals	Charges ÷ paid
Maryland*	$47,745	46	3	1.3×
California	$45,426	482	28	7.0×
Massachusetts	$42,303	180	8	3.7×
New York	$42,154	535	18	6.0×
Connecticut	$41,233	28	2	3.2×
Pennsylvania	$40,228	134	6	8.9×
New Hampshire	$39,669	26	2	4.9×
Rhode Island	$38,169	20	1	2.6×
South Dakota	$38,065	19	1	4.4×
District of Columbia	$37,185	37	1	4.5×
Oregon	$37,136	23	2	3.1×
Delaware	$36,680	12	1	5.4×
New Jersey	$36,170	164	9	6.9×
Alaska	$35,407	41	1	6.6×
Minnesota	$34,713	122	6	3.6×
Nevada	$33,192	14	1	18.1×
Illinois	$33,101	145	9	4.8×
Michigan	$32,324	68	5	4.5×
Colorado	$31,933	48	3	8.3×
Arizona	$31,920	66	5	6.8×
Washington	$31,884	180	6	3.9×
Ohio	$31,223	193	9	5.2×
Tennessee	$30,619	121	4	8.4×
Maine	$30,586	29	2	5.0×
Georgia	$29,970	137	8	6.0×
Iowa	$29,954	32	2	5.5×
North Carolina	$29,843	170	9	5.7×
Missouri	$29,797	57	3	9.9×
Montana	$29,678	13	1	3.1×
Idaho	$29,147	14	1	2.7×
Texas	$29,066	569	27	11.0×
Kansas	$28,760	98	3	9.4×
West Virginia	$28,449	92	4	5.7×
Indiana	$28,187	59	4	6.6×
Florida	$27,477	631	30	9.3×
Virginia	$27,425	149	8	7.5×
South Carolina	$27,425	173	8	7.0×
Louisiana	$27,343	33	2	6.3×
Wisconsin	$26,797	14	1	3.1×
Alabama	$26,325	31	2	6.2×
Oklahoma	$25,840	61	4	6.1×
New Mexico	$25,595	21	1	8.4×
Nebraska	$25,551	21	1	4.3×
Kentucky	$25,093	39	3	6.1×
Mississippi	$24,977	56	3	4.5×
Arkansas	$23,355	41	3	8.6×
United States	$33,483	5,244	261	6.8×

* 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 273.

10th percentile	$25,224
25th percentile	$27,029
Median hospital	$30,599
75th percentile	$36,680
90th percentile	$43,643

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The same condition at other severities

274Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without MCC · $24,749

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Questions

What did Medicare pay for MS‑DRG 273 in 2024?

An average of $33,483 per discharge across 5,244 fee-for-service discharges at 261 hospitals, $175.6M in total.

Which state paid the most for MS‑DRG 273?

California, at $45,426 per case; Arkansas paid the least, $23,355.

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.