Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$46,335.93
2024
Average charge
$250,193.33
Hospital list price
Stays
83
7 hospitals
Medicare paid
$3.8M
For these stays
For DRG 031 (ventricular shunt procedures with mcc), Medicare paid $46,335.93 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $250,193.33 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $55,767.78. In 2023 Medicare paid $42,725.58.
83 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 031 at 7 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $3.8M for them.
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 031 in 2024: 13, with an average Medicare payment of $40,813.54.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 13 | $161,481.85 | $47,597.54 | $40,813.54 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 13 | $359,516.15 | $68,933.54 | $60,528.46 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2 | 26 | $161,460.23 | $38,621.12 |
| California | 2 | 24 | $318,924.21 | $58,313.25 |
| New York | 2 | 22 | $354,905.73 | $47,196.50 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 11 |
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.
| 13 |
| $161,438.62 |
| $46,535.31 |
| $36,428.69 |
| UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA · University of California Health | 11 | $270,951.91 | $67,018.55 | $55,695.27 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 11 | $313,566.82 | $44,365.64 | $39,598.91 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 11 | $396,244.64 | $67,237.55 | $54,794.09 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT · Yale New Haven Health System | 11 | $100,543.00 | $49,456.73 | $36,717.45 |
| $100,543.00 |
| $36,717.45 |