Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$295,326.65
2024
Average charge
$1,604,489.66
Hospital list price
Stays
1,814
87 hospitals
Medicare paid
$535.7M
For these stays
For DRG 001 (heart transplant or implant of heart assist system with mcc), Medicare paid $295,326.65 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $1,604,489.66 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $349,592.24. In 2023 Medicare paid $296,665.98.
1,814 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 001 at 87 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $535.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 001 ($423,489.24) and Tennessee the lowest ($226,168.61).
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 001 in 2024: 51, with an average Medicare payment of $472,694.53.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 51 | $2,905,978.61 | $508,078.86 | $472,694.53 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 51 | $1,389,795.84 | $345,000.98 | $282,646.00 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10 | 218 | $2,530,008.07 | $423,489.24 |
| Texas | 7 | 154 | $1,730,461.07 | $237,546.32 |
| Florida | 7 | 145 | $1,517,055.14 | $242,074.57 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 115 |
All diagnosis groups: Medicare hospital stays by DRG.
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays, published once a year. Hospitals with fewer than 11 stays in this group are not published. Total payment adds the patient's share and payments by other insurers to the Medicare payment.
| 47 |
| $1,176,729.98 |
| $321,764.45 |
| $286,466.19 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 46 | $1,301,911.04 | $308,173.72 | $282,109.72 |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL · The University of Chicago Medicine | 44 | $1,550,132.48 | $339,781.07 | $315,624.27 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 39 | $3,718,436.23 | $413,310.21 | $366,696.90 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 35 | $1,034,931.71 | $307,565.49 | $280,216.29 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 35 | $1,635,953.60 | $271,452.63 | $229,729.46 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 31 | $1,647,696.45 | $395,081.39 | $292,035.39 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 30 | $1,365,023.50 | $343,243.63 | $290,466.67 |
| Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA · Emory University | 30 | $1,197,078.27 | $345,941.90 | $276,616.97 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 29 | $2,152,921.21 | $369,338.72 | $329,011.90 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 29 | $2,373,680.21 | $370,457.07 | $306,750.83 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 29 | $2,460,577.28 | $503,719.00 | $474,238.72 |
| UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA · University of California Health | 29 | $1,414,592.59 | $433,479.59 | $376,937.90 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 29 | $2,455,405.79 | $325,575.21 | $248,756.69 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 28 | $1,158,127.21 | $311,036.29 | $261,822.50 |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston, FL · Cleveland Clinic | 27 | $809,220.44 | $235,038.74 | $214,558.93 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 26 | $1,406,731.88 | $414,017.81 | $285,856.35 |
| UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas, TX · The University of Texas System | 26 | $1,132,898.73 | $283,409.35 | $274,696.88 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 25 | $826,670.40 | $320,607.64 | $193,800.96 |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · University of California Health | 25 | $2,221,323.12 | $611,929.68 | $532,654.32 |
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Sacramento, CA · Sutter Health | 25 | $1,391,178.32 | $443,699.52 | $349,481.00 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock Little Rock, AR · Baptist Health | 25 | $1,489,783.96 | $317,828.80 | $246,769.88 |
| Piedmont Hospital, Inc Atlanta, GA · Piedmont Healthcare | 24 | $1,717,573.50 | $348,301.21 | $196,372.83 |
| $1,066,109.59 |
| $243,135.29 |
| New York | 5 | 112 | $2,602,755.18 | $420,457.07 |
| Illinois | 3 | 97 | $1,546,275.18 | $302,948.76 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 79 | $1,668,168.86 | $226,168.61 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 70 | $1,975,400.91 | $316,328.71 |
| Ohio | 3 | 69 | $1,264,433.07 | $276,390.96 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 68 | $1,346,606.93 | $321,351.65 |
| Missouri | 2 | 66 | $1,173,616.12 | $264,658.85 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 59 | $1,264,525.14 | $296,298.22 |
| Georgia | 2 | 54 | $1,428,409.48 | $240,952.91 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 51 | $1,389,795.84 | $282,646.00 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 47 | $1,303,528.85 | $253,121.15 |
| Virginia | 3 | 41 | $1,443,312.59 | $298,082.29 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 38 | $1,188,995.82 | $226,376.47 |
| Indiana | 2 | 34 | $1,214,131.56 | $239,542.88 |
| Michigan | 2 | 28 | $905,873.29 | $234,256.50 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 28 | $1,158,127.21 | $261,822.50 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 25 | $1,320,292.72 | $268,566.20 |
| Washington | 1 | 24 | $1,311,461.21 | $331,533.42 |
| Maryland | 1 | 24 | $634,783.63 | $512,608.42 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 22 | $1,201,622.82 | $237,939.91 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 21 | $2,247,161.67 | $287,994.71 |
| Kansas | 1 | 21 | $1,282,559.95 | $211,671.71 |
| Oregon | 1 | 18 | $614,286.44 | $228,261.17 |
| Utah | 1 | 18 | $1,010,176.50 | $319,196.89 |
| Arizona | 1 | 16 | $962,619.88 | $248,859.75 |
| Colorado | 1 | 16 | $1,980,368.88 | $306,289.44 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 14 | $1,361,975.14 | $251,111.71 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 11 | $391,145.00 | $144,650.18 |
| Alabama | 1 | 11 | $1,346,295.18 | $242,985.09 |