Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$5,963.52
2024
Average charge
$49,635.08
Hospital list price
Stays
390
24 hospitals
Medicare paid
$2.3M
For these stays
For DRG 153 (otitis media and uri without mcc), Medicare paid $5,963.52 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $49,635.08 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,735.38. In 2023 Medicare paid $5,104.23.
390 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 153 at 24 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $2.3M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, New York had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 153 ($7,542.04) and Florida the lowest ($4,448.16).
Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 153 in 2024: 34, with an average Medicare payment of $5,033.26.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 34 | $40,872.82 | $6,708.97 | $5,033.26 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 30 | $61,561.37 | $9,757.00 | $4,232.00 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7 | 115 | $69,456.44 | $7,542.04 |
| Florida | 4 | 77 | $45,676.18 | $4,448.16 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 34 | $40,872.82 | $5,033.26 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 24 |
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.
| 28 |
| $69,989.25 |
| $10,343.46 |
| $7,654.82 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 20 | $55,423.15 | $10,525.45 | $7,036.65 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 19 | $34,371.68 | $5,774.26 | $4,336.47 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 19 | $20,259.84 | $7,728.26 | $4,572.74 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 19 | $25,512.05 | $6,862.11 | $5,017.37 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 19 | $9,314.16 | $8,682.79 | $6,347.16 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 17 | $85,259.88 | $11,318.71 | $8,353.59 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 17 | $31,078.88 | $5,800.29 | $4,341.00 |
| Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY · Northwell Health | 15 | $40,355.47 | $8,945.00 | $6,972.27 |
| Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health | 14 | $14,810.29 | $8,004.93 | $5,814.57 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 13 | $110,373.77 | $12,768.54 | $9,473.00 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 13 | $68,070.38 | $7,476.31 | $5,224.00 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 12 | $49,639.33 | $6,373.92 | $4,925.25 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · Montefiore Medical Center | 12 | $128,840.58 | $15,729.42 | $11,463.25 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 12 | $68,620.33 | $9,688.58 | $6,422.83 |
| St Josephs Hospital Tampa, FL · Baycare Health System | 11 | $44,438.36 | $6,760.18 | $5,396.18 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 11 | $62,708.64 | $8,254.36 | $5,040.73 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 11 | $32,080.64 | $10,120.00 | $6,317.27 |
| Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH · The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | 11 | $22,532.00 | $7,830.00 | $5,573.64 |
| The Queens Medical Center Honolulu, HI · The Queens Health Systems | 11 | $47,697.55 | $7,915.09 | $6,056.18 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 11 | $43,528.82 | $10,570.18 | $5,232.36 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 11 | $45,004.36 | $7,823.09 | $4,639.91 |
| $65,612.92 |
| $5,140.00 |
| Delaware | 1 | 19 | $20,259.84 | $4,572.74 |
| Maryland | 1 | 19 | $9,314.16 | $6,347.16 |
| Illinois | 1 | 19 | $25,512.05 | $5,017.37 |
| Arizona | 1 | 14 | $14,810.29 | $5,814.57 |
| California | 1 | 13 | $110,373.77 | $9,473.00 |
| Texas | 1 | 12 | $49,639.33 | $4,925.25 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | $32,080.64 | $6,317.27 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 11 | $47,697.55 | $6,056.18 |
| Ohio | 1 | 11 | $22,532.00 | $5,573.64 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 11 | $43,528.82 | $5,232.36 |