# Heart valve surgery with catheterization (hospital stay): what Regence BlueCross BlueShield pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for major heart valve or chest surgery with catheterization, complicated cases.

- Insurer: Regence BlueCross BlueShield
- Billing code: 216 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-10-01
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 47 | $67,548.89 | $112,389.96 | $146,306.82 | $202,937.81 | $241,374.02 |  |  |
| Oregon | 77 | $117,143.70 | $142,388.66 | $188,707.95 | $216,044.66 | $318,673.53 | $104,563.63 | 1.8x Medicare |
| Utah | 46 | $107,601.02 | $131,592.75 | $161,494.45 | $186,109.23 | $259,385.69 |  |  |
| Washington | 44 | $70,354.93 | $164,049.41 | $197,944.06 | $237,216.94 | $320,701.94 | $91,188.53 | 2.2x Medicare |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/regence/statemap_216_US.html  
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