Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$47,977.83
2024
Average charge
$281,417.90
Hospital list price
Stays
11,805
432 hospitals
Medicare paid
$566.4M
For these stays
For DRG 023 (craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc o), Medicare paid $47,977.83 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $281,417.90 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $56,602.98. In 2023 Medicare paid $47,107.05.
11,805 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 023 at 432 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $566.4M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 023 ($69,591.14) and Arkansas the lowest ($34,790.46).
Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI had the most Medicare stays for DRG 023 in 2024: 98, with an average Medicare payment of $48,555.73.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · Lifespan | 98 | $107,839.06 | $53,547.11 | $48,555.73 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 86 | $156,577.10 | $60,400.24 | $47,490.45 |
| Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp. |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 53 | 1,266 | $460,831.28 | $64,088.52 |
| Florida | 37 | 882 | $315,761.34 | $39,782.04 |
| Texas | 34 | 713 | $371,162.84 | $41,429.32 |
| New York | 25 | 705 |
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.
| 81 |
| $153,806.96 |
| $51,258.70 |
| $45,438.48 |
| Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health | 77 | $189,550.88 | $51,107.14 | $46,391.81 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 75 | $290,200.80 | $50,503.17 | $40,295.39 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 74 | $176,325.12 | $52,383.99 | $45,138.24 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 71 | $513,753.45 | $76,648.58 | $66,082.41 |
| University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA · Ucop | 71 | $374,726.17 | $100,035.37 | $69,828.20 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 68 | $281,140.25 | $50,107.74 | $40,638.35 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Marietta, GA · WellStar Health System | 68 | $441,994.29 | $61,104.06 | $52,693.90 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health | 67 | $211,438.73 | $54,157.54 | $41,721.51 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 66 | $142,337.21 | $68,640.73 | $58,564.88 |
| Community Regional Medical Center Fresno, CA · Community Medical Centers | 64 | $304,536.11 | $62,473.69 | $59,061.19 |
| Doctors Medical Center Modesto, CA · Tenet Healthcare | 64 | $762,415.14 | $67,302.69 | $56,104.19 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 61 | $346,092.36 | $87,220.82 | $60,704.62 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 61 | $202,087.95 | $66,835.20 | $57,502.48 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 61 | $389,492.56 | $61,693.95 | $58,059.48 |
| Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA · UW Medicine | 59 | $258,770.14 | $68,774.42 | $59,228.36 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 57 | $194,813.32 | $63,500.32 | $48,631.30 |
| The Queens Medical Center Honolulu, HI · The Queens Health Systems | 57 | $274,388.09 | $70,366.96 | $55,272.32 |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health Care | 56 | $238,654.04 | $65,529.84 | $46,471.21 |
| University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI · UW Health | 56 | $251,495.27 | $69,422.70 | $53,710.43 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 56 | $88,775.63 | $81,597.84 | $75,761.05 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 55 | $247,144.60 | $58,491.24 | $50,720.96 |
| UNM Hospital Albuquerque, NM · UNM Health System | 55 | $153,591.22 | $69,786.95 | $61,580.58 |
| $339,990.01 |
| $61,160.58 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 568 | $318,984.43 | $46,478.35 |
| Illinois | 20 | 533 | $244,707.02 | $47,189.63 |
| Ohio | 13 | 380 | $203,779.84 | $41,011.69 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 379 | $342,501.20 | $49,874.17 |
| Virginia | 11 | 377 | $206,210.06 | $43,389.17 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 372 | $186,782.05 | $42,382.99 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 323 | $174,397.87 | $62,337.05 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 323 | $200,165.16 | $38,550.57 |
| Georgia | 9 | 297 | $314,531.72 | $46,697.80 |
| Arizona | 9 | 294 | $282,026.16 | $44,393.43 |
| Washington | 8 | 279 | $222,887.66 | $48,833.27 |
| Missouri | 10 | 256 | $221,381.71 | $42,865.94 |
| Michigan | 14 | 248 | $172,984.14 | $45,185.15 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 214 | $277,868.38 | $41,019.06 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 213 | $153,369.96 | $48,063.46 |
| Indiana | 7 | 199 | $216,793.44 | $41,435.50 |
| Alabama | 7 | 192 | $226,901.92 | $37,056.03 |
| Maryland | 7 | 191 | $85,316.35 | $69,591.14 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 184 | $280,250.07 | $41,021.33 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 175 | $194,602.16 | $40,253.88 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 170 | $232,187.98 | $45,188.10 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 157 | $326,500.46 | $42,641.56 |
| Colorado | 6 | 150 | $409,495.91 | $41,822.05 |
| Kansas | 3 | 128 | $303,397.22 | $40,241.37 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 122 | $220,221.32 | $56,118.17 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 119 | $156,930.93 | $34,790.46 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 103 | $234,229.56 | $45,665.17 |
| Oregon | 5 | 101 | $185,902.54 | $51,556.29 |
| Nevada | 4 | 99 | $433,357.63 | $44,077.70 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 98 | $107,839.06 | $48,555.73 |
| Iowa | 2 | 90 | $202,488.68 | $44,262.88 |
| Utah | 5 | 89 | $150,951.13 | $43,372.63 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 81 | $204,310.06 | $40,150.84 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 79 | $347,139.67 | $55,680.20 |
| Montana | 3 | 77 | $113,363.68 | $41,931.82 |
| Delaware | 1 | 74 | $176,325.12 | $45,138.24 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 73 | $178,643.93 | $42,053.68 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 61 | $191,119.05 | $39,224.70 |
| Idaho | 3 | 61 | $203,014.85 | $38,942.00 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 57 | $274,388.09 | $55,272.32 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 56 | $275,468.80 | $57,582.30 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 55 | $153,591.22 | $61,580.58 |
| Maine | 1 | 45 | $211,169.02 | $51,403.13 |
| Alaska | 2 | 38 | $461,301.79 | $47,501.82 |
| Vermont | 1 | 23 | $185,128.83 | $30,413.39 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 23 | $138,654.43 | $32,722.52 |