Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$17,720.19
2024
Average charge
$148,184.67
Hospital list price
Stays
21
1 hospitals
Medicare paid
$372K
For these stays
For DRG 013 (tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $17,720.19 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $148,184.67 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $26,253.24. In 2023 Medicare paid $20,503.38.
21 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 013 at 1 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $372K for them.
University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, AL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 013 in 2024: 21, with an average Medicare payment of $17,720.19.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 21 | $148,184.67 | $26,253.24 | $17,720.19 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 21 | $148,184.67 | $17,720.19 |
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.