Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$7,855.96
2024
Average charge
$59,350.70
Hospital list price
Stays
7,739
378 hospitals
Medicare paid
$60.8M
For these stays
For DRG 039 (extracranial procedures without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $7,855.96 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $59,350.70 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $10,372.41. In 2023 Medicare paid $7,557.81.
7,739 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 039 at 378 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $60.8M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 039 ($14,694.36) and Kentucky the lowest ($6,109.11).
Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, KS had the most Medicare stays for DRG 039 in 2024: 105, with an average Medicare payment of $5,969.80.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Heart Hospital Wichita, KS | 105 | $13,139.68 | $7,197.69 | $5,969.80 |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK · Oklahoma Heart Hospital | 79 | $33,688.41 | $7,751.97 | $5,581.27 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 27 | 552 | $79,721.99 | $7,368.60 |
| Florida | 27 | 545 | $85,127.78 | $7,280.70 |
| New York | 15 | 344 | $63,678.72 | $9,860.27 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 337 |
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.
| 73 |
| $32,926.55 |
| $8,079.74 |
| $5,912.99 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 70 | $51,095.13 | $12,039.54 | $9,081.67 |
| Bryan Medical Center Lincoln, NE · Bryan Health | 68 | $37,868.96 | $9,250.43 | $7,163.10 |
| North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo, MS · North Mississippi Health Services | 54 | $31,616.13 | $8,819.85 | $7,024.89 |
| Hendrick Medical Center Abilene, TX · Hendrick Health System | 54 | $93,823.48 | $9,207.80 | $7,138.24 |
| Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA · Carilion Clinic | 53 | $67,523.34 | $10,122.30 | $7,374.72 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 50 | $50,631.84 | $8,433.62 | $6,654.56 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 48 | $42,809.21 | $10,776.83 | $8,533.44 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 48 | $37,055.81 | $11,133.67 | $8,592.00 |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan, AL · Southeast Health | 47 | $90,166.21 | $9,712.51 | $7,136.32 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 46 | $50,302.91 | $8,683.33 | $7,035.09 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 45 | $11,506.33 | $10,654.78 | $8,879.07 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 44 | $28,360.70 | $12,106.11 | $10,460.34 |
| Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc Salisbury, MD · TidalHealth Peninsula Regional | 42 | $16,507.40 | $14,917.83 | $12,930.83 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 42 | $37,550.14 | $10,071.76 | $6,131.43 |
| St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · Trinity Health | 41 | $30,475.59 | $13,548.27 | $7,236.59 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 41 | $156,271.44 | $18,978.17 | $16,795.32 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 40 | $62,720.25 | $12,251.53 | $7,729.00 |
| Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Baton Rouge, LA · Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System | 39 | $38,578.28 | $9,972.51 | $7,776.36 |
| Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines, IA · Trinity Health | 39 | $48,807.95 | $8,168.51 | $6,791.56 |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 39 | $34,140.33 | $7,543.92 | $5,603.10 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 38 | $34,448.18 | $10,215.16 | $8,590.53 |
| Memorial Medical Center Modesto, CA · Sutter Health | 37 | $50,858.97 | $12,244.16 | $9,643.54 |
| $46,657.00 |
| $7,727.46 |
| California | 16 | 335 | $87,978.32 | $10,634.55 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 282 | $62,318.09 | $8,877.91 |
| Ohio | 13 | 263 | $64,710.02 | $7,022.06 |
| Georgia | 12 | 260 | $64,048.85 | $7,369.38 |
| Louisiana | 8 | 258 | $59,002.98 | $6,553.89 |
| Alabama | 11 | 239 | $56,725.06 | $6,612.18 |
| Kansas | 7 | 222 | $32,248.60 | $6,501.55 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 218 | $45,371.90 | $10,378.09 |
| Illinois | 12 | 218 | $56,599.88 | $7,195.79 |
| Virginia | 9 | 210 | $46,897.63 | $7,804.97 |
| Indiana | 10 | 205 | $51,857.85 | $7,136.48 |
| Missouri | 12 | 197 | $55,845.35 | $7,509.75 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 195 | $52,023.36 | $6,637.91 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | 193 | $88,491.42 | $8,128.73 |
| Arizona | 10 | 188 | $80,122.70 | $7,599.53 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 184 | $36,412.43 | $6,321.28 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 174 | $44,572.44 | $6,417.42 |
| Maryland | 8 | 172 | $18,213.62 | $14,694.36 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 161 | $75,677.63 | $7,711.80 |
| Michigan | 11 | 151 | $47,286.36 | $7,495.72 |
| Washington | 7 | 138 | $72,128.51 | $7,979.54 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 137 | $42,390.88 | $7,750.76 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 133 | $42,953.95 | $6,129.51 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 123 | $47,577.12 | $6,109.11 |
| Iowa | 6 | 115 | $43,673.86 | $6,976.20 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 111 | $41,508.24 | $6,947.62 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 103 | $49,358.67 | $7,347.82 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 84 | $36,298.94 | $6,844.64 |
| Oregon | 4 | 75 | $49,843.36 | $9,408.51 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 75 | $62,302.35 | $6,485.64 |
| Nevada | 4 | 74 | $65,913.91 | $8,476.86 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 66 | $75,206.94 | $8,772.14 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 53 | $32,020.75 | $7,079.87 |
| Montana | 3 | 51 | $42,565.16 | $7,276.86 |
| Maine | 2 | 42 | $45,153.10 | $7,807.21 |
| Colorado | 3 | 42 | $73,675.21 | $7,488.19 |
| Alaska | 2 | 39 | $54,874.64 | $13,125.18 |
| Idaho | 2 | 39 | $46,615.26 | $7,648.64 |
| Delaware | 1 | 38 | $34,448.18 | $8,590.53 |
| Vermont | 1 | 28 | $42,536.25 | $4,556.14 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 22 | $41,137.23 | $9,342.32 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 13 | $29,930.23 | $10,357.77 |
| Utah | 1 | 12 | $31,081.17 | $7,042.42 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 12 | $67,049.50 | $9,075.58 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 11 | $53,474.64 | $10,663.45 |