Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$26,217.29
2024
Average charge
$161,573.35
Hospital list price
Stays
3,933
181 hospitals
Medicare paid
$103.1M
For these stays
For DRG 026 (craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with cc), Medicare paid $26,217.29 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $161,573.35 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $33,405.69. In 2023 Medicare paid $26,443.94.
3,933 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 026 at 181 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $103.1M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 026 ($42,401.63) and Tennessee the lowest ($21,022.08).
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester in Rochester, MN had the most Medicare stays for DRG 026 in 2024: 91, with an average Medicare payment of $25,009.57.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 91 | $93,585.05 | $43,536.80 | $25,009.57 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 70 | $350,602.06 | $51,571.23 | $38,670.90 |
| Mayo Clinic |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13 | 358 | $292,078.30 | $36,944.18 |
| Texas | 12 | 242 | $163,236.03 | $22,050.21 |
| Florida | 9 | 237 | $153,552.86 | $21,611.35 |
| New York | 10 | 235 |
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.
| 59 |
| $84,243.71 |
| $29,295.46 |
| $22,686.41 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 57 | $141,862.25 | $38,958.09 | $32,352.39 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 51 | $116,948.02 | $36,168.16 | $30,422.53 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 50 | $95,871.40 | $29,505.80 | $22,362.74 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 49 | $299,491.92 | $34,843.29 | $28,420.76 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 49 | $120,547.73 | $37,824.49 | $24,093.76 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 47 | $67,246.32 | $31,250.62 | $24,283.85 |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health | 45 | $191,834.98 | $33,235.27 | $25,199.24 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 44 | $154,377.59 | $36,159.57 | $24,444.89 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 43 | $59,242.28 | $52,931.35 | $43,977.16 |
| Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA · UW Medicine | 43 | $167,585.72 | $40,885.88 | $30,248.07 |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · University of California Health | 40 | $168,572.15 | $50,378.35 | $42,922.70 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 39 | $132,669.79 | $39,178.36 | $25,576.82 |
| UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas, TX · The University of Texas System | 39 | $86,099.87 | $24,747.23 | $18,960.59 |
| The Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · The Nebraska Medical Center | 36 | $110,330.97 | $26,968.08 | $22,929.17 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 36 | $136,077.50 | $35,139.00 | $30,673.42 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 35 | $160,784.74 | $22,188.00 | $20,414.46 |
| University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA · Ucop | 35 | $294,138.69 | $42,232.51 | $38,350.86 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 35 | $225,599.23 | $48,762.49 | $45,317.60 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 34 | $103,737.94 | $22,522.47 | $20,996.35 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 33 | $115,694.52 | $25,787.42 | $24,670.58 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health | 33 | $179,534.55 | $35,376.09 | $22,591.48 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 33 | $105,634.76 | $29,209.73 | $23,435.33 |
| $178,157.16 |
| $31,358.26 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 220 | $219,060.83 | $24,794.50 |
| North Carolina | 9 | 194 | $113,330.66 | $22,878.84 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | 160 | $108,929.54 | $30,553.55 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 159 | $103,537.19 | $24,049.62 |
| Ohio | 7 | 156 | $131,381.65 | $23,047.85 |
| Washington | 6 | 156 | $147,150.97 | $25,945.21 |
| Virginia | 6 | 144 | $132,605.43 | $23,227.39 |
| Arizona | 5 | 133 | $170,592.43 | $24,136.55 |
| Maryland | 7 | 133 | $53,631.22 | $42,401.63 |
| Illinois | 9 | 124 | $170,758.53 | $24,738.48 |
| Missouri | 4 | 86 | $132,947.37 | $24,627.05 |
| Georgia | 5 | 72 | $150,349.29 | $22,099.82 |
| Michigan | 5 | 67 | $118,219.16 | $22,599.40 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 65 | $165,895.94 | $24,124.57 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 64 | $133,456.97 | $25,270.00 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 63 | $138,855.56 | $21,842.21 |
| Kansas | 3 | 58 | $205,968.36 | $22,152.79 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 52 | $140,989.69 | $21,022.08 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 51 | $255,626.24 | $24,504.98 |
| Indiana | 2 | 46 | $171,130.15 | $26,299.52 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 45 | $89,978.91 | $27,406.11 |
| Oregon | 2 | 45 | $117,497.62 | $26,337.71 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 44 | $88,159.75 | $22,965.07 |
| Alabama | 2 | 43 | $147,569.63 | $18,704.14 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 40 | $231,892.67 | $26,586.20 |
| Colorado | 2 | 38 | $433,630.58 | $27,936.11 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 36 | $110,330.97 | $22,929.17 |
| Nevada | 2 | 36 | $240,280.97 | $24,756.17 |
| Utah | 2 | 34 | $89,109.26 | $21,162.65 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 33 | $105,634.76 | $23,435.33 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 29 | $135,611.45 | $20,113.48 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 26 | $108,745.23 | $20,566.31 |
| Montana | 2 | 26 | $72,009.62 | $20,799.46 |
| Iowa | 1 | 26 | $131,567.19 | $24,758.92 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 25 | $96,555.72 | $20,642.44 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 24 | $140,731.21 | $30,329.25 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 21 | $90,702.00 | $20,872.81 |
| Idaho | 1 | 18 | $211,062.67 | $32,159.89 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 17 | $131,583.24 | $32,673.29 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 16 | $115,964.50 | $25,419.56 |
| Delaware | 1 | 14 | $73,697.29 | $23,977.64 |
| Vermont | 1 | 11 | $118,562.36 | $18,257.64 |
| Alaska | 1 | 11 | $241,984.73 | $26,942.82 |