Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$21,243.32
2024
Average charge
$139,746.57
Hospital list price
Stays
5,562
206 hospitals
Medicare paid
$118.2M
For these stays
For DRG 027 (craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $21,243.32 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $139,746.57 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $26,616.61. In 2023 Medicare paid $21,037.59.
5,562 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 027 at 206 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $118.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 027 ($43,124.91) and Alabama the lowest ($16,638.31).
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH had the most Medicare stays for DRG 027 in 2024: 97, with an average Medicare payment of $19,208.07.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 97 | $83,866.51 | $23,663.69 | $19,208.07 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 95 | $67,990.72 | $24,240.63 | $20,856.11 |
| Stanford Health Care |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 19 | 560 | $227,021.77 | $28,687.94 |
| New York | 11 | 377 | $139,396.74 | $25,270.47 |
| Florida | 12 | 347 | $126,420.24 | $18,896.79 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 315 |
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.
| 89 |
| $307,120.08 |
| $40,038.79 |
| $33,080.09 |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health | 88 | $177,095.00 | $25,934.53 | $22,550.28 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 85 | $118,724.79 | $24,628.86 | $19,720.11 |
| Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 85 | $92,296.39 | $22,757.32 | $20,551.21 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 84 | $88,818.88 | $38,681.32 | $19,654.46 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 81 | $117,090.58 | $32,729.32 | $27,259.85 |
| Uf Health Shands Hospital Gainesville, FL · UF Health | 79 | $74,478.70 | $24,437.72 | $20,707.75 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 72 | $318,648.36 | $30,662.67 | $25,563.63 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 68 | $206,506.44 | $40,968.68 | $37,064.54 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 66 | $102,425.08 | $21,837.71 | $16,623.71 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 62 | $47,322.11 | $43,121.03 | $35,344.08 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 62 | $264,658.37 | $34,185.90 | $30,484.76 |
| Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp. Spokane, WA · Providence | 60 | $86,763.85 | $25,170.08 | $16,419.30 |
| UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas, TX · The University of Texas System | 58 | $70,796.71 | $19,108.10 | $17,361.98 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 55 | $108,955.93 | $27,603.07 | $25,235.40 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 53 | $394,181.21 | $30,150.28 | $27,871.21 |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · Providence | 53 | $139,220.53 | $26,365.38 | $19,384.96 |
| Mount Sinai West New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 53 | $86,394.96 | $32,033.57 | $26,916.72 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 51 | $107,528.69 | $25,069.43 | $20,242.24 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 51 | $117,288.69 | $25,384.08 | $17,568.90 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 48 | $102,031.98 | $22,951.48 | $18,549.46 |
| HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center Englewood, CO · HCA Healthcare | 48 | $479,411.71 | $25,639.08 | $16,803.67 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 47 | $101,659.34 | $25,006.45 | $19,409.00 |
| $180,471.78 |
| $21,508.80 |
| Texas | 12 | 305 | $141,393.03 | $18,120.40 |
| North Carolina | 10 | 295 | $98,545.17 | $19,289.27 |
| Arizona | 8 | 250 | $165,006.02 | $20,477.77 |
| Ohio | 8 | 243 | $105,833.03 | $18,251.42 |
| Washington | 7 | 239 | $112,662.21 | $19,539.53 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 199 | $91,771.60 | $25,627.19 |
| Virginia | 7 | 158 | $155,258.12 | $18,871.69 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 149 | $100,388.42 | $18,988.79 |
| Illinois | 8 | 147 | $143,017.21 | $20,395.67 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 120 | $128,829.13 | $19,708.32 |
| Georgia | 7 | 111 | $135,496.47 | $19,762.33 |
| Maryland | 3 | 108 | $52,922.49 | $43,124.91 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 108 | $111,744.56 | $16,753.91 |
| Colorado | 3 | 105 | $313,609.50 | $18,388.88 |
| Alabama | 3 | 104 | $104,038.07 | $16,638.31 |
| Missouri | 4 | 98 | $108,816.95 | $18,289.49 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 91 | $97,255.81 | $18,954.45 |
| New Jersey | 5 | 85 | $120,458.11 | $20,204.41 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 85 | $186,070.18 | $20,052.14 |
| Michigan | 4 | 73 | $112,044.32 | $18,984.77 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 65 | $119,753.72 | $19,309.43 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 65 | $109,119.71 | $19,026.09 |
| Kansas | 3 | 63 | $120,296.87 | $16,865.97 |
| Montana | 2 | 55 | $87,996.95 | $17,222.02 |
| Indiana | 3 | 55 | $136,130.78 | $19,258.51 |
| Iowa | 1 | 48 | $102,031.98 | $18,549.46 |
| Utah | 2 | 47 | $85,357.34 | $19,711.38 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 46 | $296,856.24 | $22,111.61 |
| Oregon | 2 | 44 | $98,209.23 | $23,363.36 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 44 | $117,811.20 | $21,549.11 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 36 | $84,666.36 | $16,931.89 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 35 | $83,996.34 | $16,307.63 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 34 | $85,834.21 | $22,476.09 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 32 | $138,121.59 | $16,977.50 |
| Nevada | 2 | 28 | $201,966.61 | $16,999.25 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 28 | $105,609.86 | $23,339.32 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 24 | $169,362.46 | $16,933.21 |
| Delaware | 1 | 22 | $101,599.09 | $18,981.32 |
| Idaho | 1 | 21 | $124,808.29 | $17,493.24 |
| Vermont | 1 | 21 | $85,726.43 | $12,645.62 |
| Maine | 1 | 19 | $77,872.32 | $15,064.32 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 17 | $80,250.71 | $19,386.35 |
| Alaska | 1 | 15 | $135,363.67 | $21,100.00 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 13 | $79,433.00 | $16,576.69 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 13 | $61,853.00 | $21,200.23 |