Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$7,396.06
2024
Average charge
$60,941.58
Hospital list price
Stays
205
14 hospitals
Medicare paid
$1.5M
For these stays
For DRG 155 (other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with cc), Medicare paid $7,396.06 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $60,941.58 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $10,279.91. In 2023 Medicare paid $7,347.51.
205 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 155 at 14 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $1.5M for them.
Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 155 in 2024: 26, with an average Medicare payment of $6,578.35.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 26 | $61,819.15 | $8,555.31 | $6,578.35 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 24 | $53,282.17 | $9,883.83 | $5,456.58 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 3 | 46 | $64,213.22 | $5,821.28 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 40 | $52,637.35 | $6,509.05 |
| New York | 2 | 35 | $66,902.03 | $9,581.20 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 25 |
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.
| 18 |
| $66,442.00 |
| $12,678.72 |
| $9,653.72 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 17 | $67,389.12 | $13,402.41 | $9,504.41 |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital Abington, PA · Jefferson Health | 14 | $35,585.43 | $8,173.07 | $6,380.36 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 14 | $27,795.50 | $8,804.07 | $7,148.93 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 13 | $14,321.54 | $7,811.08 | $6,430.15 |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus Worcester, MA · UMass Memorial Health Care | 12 | $32,057.83 | $13,159.75 | $8,815.83 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 12 | $121,607.17 | $12,793.42 | $10,044.42 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 11 | $129,166.00 | $13,250.82 | $7,826.27 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 11 | $85,480.27 | $12,250.64 | $7,274.91 |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Fort Pierce, FL · HCA Healthcare | 11 | $104,849.09 | $8,046.00 | $6,508.00 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 11 | $47,426.91 | $7,449.27 | $5,930.27 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 11 | $28,340.36 | $8,186.09 | $6,963.36 |
| $22,834.96 |
| $7,575.28 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 22 | $107,323.14 | $7,550.59 |
| Illinois | 1 | 14 | $27,795.50 | $7,148.93 |
| California | 1 | 12 | $121,607.17 | $10,044.42 |
| Delaware | 1 | 11 | $28,340.36 | $6,963.36 |