Mini-Stroke (TIA) Cost in Alaska — Compare All Hospitals
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke," in which blood flow to part of the brain is briefly blocked and stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own. The stay focuses on brain imaging, heart monitoring, and starting medications to prevent a future stroke.
State average
$36,684
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$28,557 – $44,951
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Alaska Native Medical Center
Anchorage, AK
Gross charge $28,557 - 2
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Fairbanks, AK
Gross charge $31,986Cash pay $30,387 - 3
Central Peninsula Hospital
Soldotna, AK
Gross charge $35,859 - 4
South Peninsula Hospital
Homer, AK
Gross charge $42,067Cash pay $31,550 - 5
Bartlett Regional Hospital
Juneau, AK
Gross charge $44,951Cash pay $38,208 - 6
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Anchorage, AK
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,837 - 7
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center
Palmer, AK
Gross charge — - 8
Providence Valdez Medical Center
Valdez, AK
Gross charge —
5 Alaska hospitals list a gross charge for mini-stroke (tia) under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $28,557 to $44,951. The cheapest is Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage; the most expensive is Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. The state average sits at $36,684.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists mini-stroke (tia) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent mini-stroke (tia) admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Alaska hospitals missing from the list either don't perform mini-stroke (tia) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 069 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.