Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$30,973.17
2024
Average charge
$191,126.96
Hospital list price
Stays
2,804
156 hospitals
Medicare paid
$86.8M
For these stays
For DRG 024 (craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis without mc), Medicare paid $30,973.17 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $191,126.96 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $36,661.67. In 2023 Medicare paid $30,833.26.
2,804 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 024 at 156 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $86.8M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 024 ($50,435.05) and Alabama the lowest ($23,409.46).
University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, KS had the most Medicare stays for DRG 024 in 2024: 67, with an average Medicare payment of $27,361.40.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 67 | $228,209.25 | $30,892.90 | $27,361.40 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 40 | $164,326.98 | $38,913.15 | $32,052.55 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 12 | 231 | $250,154.43 | $42,693.29 |
| Florida | 11 | 201 | $234,146.34 | $26,535.96 |
| Texas | 11 | 180 | $308,584.95 | $26,975.77 |
| North Carolina | 10 | 156 |
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.
| 39 |
| $76,112.49 |
| $43,111.69 |
| $40,131.38 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 38 | $168,453.55 | $28,220.61 | $26,799.24 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 34 | $306,453.74 | $68,992.74 | $52,871.71 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 34 | $318,782.15 | $45,407.50 | $39,616.29 |
| St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital Jackson, MS · Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System | 33 | $112,753.12 | $26,223.82 | $21,648.24 |
| Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp. Spokane, WA · Providence | 32 | $110,510.94 | $33,799.34 | $29,221.03 |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA · University of Virginia Health System | 32 | $152,746.03 | $44,358.03 | $33,103.91 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 31 | $68,577.68 | $61,721.45 | $58,332.45 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 31 | $166,102.23 | $30,721.61 | $24,838.81 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 30 | $176,258.47 | $24,668.67 | $20,842.93 |
| Christus Mother Frances Hospital Tyler, TX · Christus Health | 30 | $199,125.17 | $26,802.57 | $25,438.07 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 30 | $202,437.13 | $47,471.37 | $33,198.60 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 29 | $207,757.14 | $34,354.41 | $32,980.83 |
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID · Saint Lukes | 29 | $130,298.97 | $28,431.62 | $26,897.90 |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · Lifespan | 28 | $83,352.39 | $39,092.86 | $34,439.82 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 28 | $224,711.79 | $51,052.46 | $40,197.36 |
| The Queens Medical Center Honolulu, HI · The Queens Health Systems | 27 | $164,454.44 | $40,395.22 | $32,803.48 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Marietta, GA · WellStar Health System | 27 | $277,980.22 | $39,607.59 | $31,343.96 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 26 | $113,945.46 | $47,140.69 | $34,516.23 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 26 | $145,265.35 | $41,483.00 | $26,396.23 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 26 | $137,330.65 | $30,571.00 | $25,188.65 |
| HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center Englewood, CO · HCA Healthcare | 26 | $508,878.62 | $29,461.77 | $27,959.46 |
| University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA · Ucop | 26 | $233,368.69 | $52,022.58 | $46,588.65 |
| $138,246.22 |
| $27,799.78 |
| Virginia | 7 | 135 | $196,312.96 | $28,083.04 |
| Georgia | 6 | 116 | $212,633.28 | $31,474.58 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 107 | $246,453.94 | $32,996.79 |
| Ohio | 5 | 94 | $140,361.30 | $26,993.84 |
| Illinois | 6 | 90 | $174,765.46 | $30,775.18 |
| New York | 5 | 89 | $231,970.46 | $39,819.38 |
| New Jersey | 5 | 88 | $244,790.34 | $33,429.34 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 87 | $86,785.28 | $39,285.62 |
| Kansas | 2 | 87 | $200,425.99 | $27,348.69 |
| Alabama | 4 | 69 | $141,696.33 | $23,409.46 |
| Washington | 3 | 62 | $133,936.89 | $29,323.52 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 60 | $110,402.70 | $25,341.42 |
| Missouri | 3 | 59 | $135,983.63 | $25,676.76 |
| Michigan | 4 | 58 | $125,340.21 | $29,156.31 |
| Maryland | 3 | 56 | $59,192.98 | $50,435.05 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 55 | $118,781.18 | $27,543.56 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 55 | $142,727.44 | $27,214.84 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 47 | $254,163.40 | $27,021.11 |
| Arizona | 3 | 44 | $183,911.27 | $31,220.36 |
| Oregon | 3 | 43 | $109,205.63 | $31,988.28 |
| Idaho | 2 | 41 | $129,578.12 | $26,901.39 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 41 | $206,807.93 | $26,040.54 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 41 | $101,081.20 | $31,905.98 |
| Indiana | 3 | 41 | $153,296.88 | $29,227.54 |
| Delaware | 1 | 40 | $164,326.98 | $32,052.55 |
| Nevada | 2 | 37 | $264,294.78 | $29,974.03 |
| Iowa | 2 | 33 | $127,800.85 | $27,121.61 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 33 | $112,753.12 | $21,648.24 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 28 | $111,170.29 | $38,954.89 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 28 | $83,352.39 | $34,439.82 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 27 | $164,454.44 | $32,803.48 |
| Colorado | 1 | 26 | $508,878.62 | $27,959.46 |
| Utah | 1 | 22 | $94,360.68 | $32,541.05 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 17 | $133,325.00 | $22,129.29 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 15 | $490,230.13 | $36,291.67 |
| Maine | 1 | 15 | $118,737.40 | $27,521.60 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 14 | $117,338.50 | $34,284.21 |
| Vermont | 1 | 13 | $102,901.15 | $17,482.69 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 12 | $138,171.00 | $26,177.42 |
| Alaska | 1 | 11 | $740,861.36 | $42,402.36 |