Payment Structure for Hospital Inpatient Services

Last updated: November 07

This page contains Medicare hospital inpatient payment structure for Boston Scientific products and related procedures. Current inpatient base reimbursement rates can
be found here.

In October 2007, CMS adopted a Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) system to account for patient disease severity. By adopting the new MS-DRG structure, Cardiac Rhythm Management devices now fall into 15 MS-DRG categories.

Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG)