Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$37,586.38
2024
Average charge
$214,894.82
Hospital list price
Stays
9,224
432 hospitals
Medicare paid
$346.7M
For these stays
For DRG 163 (major chest procedures with mcc), Medicare paid $37,586.38 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $214,894.82 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $45,127.74. In 2023 Medicare paid $37,858.24.
9,224 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 163 at 432 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $346.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 163 ($56,178.95) and Alabama the lowest ($25,571.60).
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 163 in 2024: 97, with an average Medicare payment of $50,192.64.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 97 | $231,951.14 | $55,995.21 | $50,192.64 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 92 | $364,165.72 | $67,129.23 | $58,980.04 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 39 | 805 | $281,768.37 | $33,358.81 |
| Florida | 32 | 742 | $253,314.23 | $32,425.15 |
| California | 34 | 672 | $407,112.25 | $56,178.95 |
| New York | 19 | 542 |
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.
| 83 |
| $301,524.94 |
| $61,620.52 |
| $50,378.60 |
| Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Milwaukee, WI · ThedaCare | 72 | $120,553.17 | $44,986.17 | $36,455.61 |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health Care | 69 | $164,148.33 | $58,722.25 | $34,468.16 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 63 | $317,608.10 | $37,681.62 | $31,730.48 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 54 | $131,904.02 | $31,398.98 | $29,041.19 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 52 | $755,037.60 | $70,007.10 | $62,458.40 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 50 | $96,891.48 | $59,909.58 | $50,547.58 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 50 | $281,083.46 | $34,423.28 | $28,611.08 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 50 | $174,030.90 | $35,438.36 | $30,254.76 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 49 | $265,033.02 | $57,291.12 | $47,227.02 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 48 | $237,693.83 | $34,111.06 | $32,305.29 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 47 | $180,895.91 | $56,164.40 | $50,748.91 |
| St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem, PA · Saint Lukes University Health Network | 46 | $294,389.85 | $42,886.46 | $35,101.80 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 46 | $177,490.72 | $33,449.30 | $29,902.63 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 45 | $223,418.80 | $48,152.67 | $39,589.40 |
| Ascension St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, IN · Ascension | 44 | $170,201.14 | $38,924.73 | $35,965.89 |
| Orlando Health Orlando, FL · Orlando Health | 44 | $274,707.61 | $34,267.25 | $32,881.11 |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 43 | $81,187.70 | $46,429.12 | $41,590.49 |
| Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY · Albany Medical Center | 43 | $118,046.60 | $59,277.16 | $44,688.93 |
| UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA · University of California Health | 43 | $432,560.16 | $93,199.63 | $76,450.98 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson, TN · West Tennessee Healthcare | 43 | $77,806.47 | $36,507.44 | $28,978.74 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. Wichita, KS · Ascension | 42 | $129,311.26 | $36,862.60 | $34,451.81 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL · Florida Health Sciences Center | 42 | $339,707.19 | $49,396.98 | $40,293.05 |
| $270,165.64 |
| $47,972.95 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | 374 | $266,483.76 | $37,459.08 |
| Illinois | 17 | 363 | $169,550.71 | $37,073.82 |
| Ohio | 16 | 359 | $163,895.11 | $32,097.14 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 347 | $147,060.55 | $47,452.87 |
| Tennessee | 13 | 310 | $132,678.45 | $29,369.16 |
| New Jersey | 11 | 255 | $215,385.87 | $39,615.13 |
| Virginia | 11 | 254 | $164,956.27 | $33,655.46 |
| Arizona | 15 | 253 | $216,686.49 | $37,233.65 |
| North Carolina | 11 | 250 | $149,205.93 | $34,400.86 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 238 | $198,791.71 | $32,571.54 |
| Indiana | 9 | 233 | $167,088.33 | $33,073.09 |
| Missouri | 13 | 231 | $174,993.00 | $35,479.17 |
| Michigan | 14 | 206 | $136,590.92 | $34,657.78 |
| Washington | 11 | 202 | $220,663.72 | $42,724.32 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 174 | $155,411.15 | $41,502.82 |
| Arkansas | 9 | 171 | $120,992.13 | $30,728.95 |
| Georgia | 8 | 157 | $217,151.95 | $35,144.94 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 155 | $184,968.29 | $30,523.85 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 142 | $213,520.90 | $31,452.93 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 141 | $131,894.90 | $35,312.16 |
| Colorado | 8 | 133 | $263,980.77 | $34,042.06 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 121 | $153,833.39 | $36,789.40 |
| Kansas | 4 | 106 | $211,889.35 | $32,074.68 |
| Maryland | 6 | 104 | $59,532.99 | $51,633.90 |
| Alabama | 6 | 95 | $166,485.09 | $25,571.60 |
| Iowa | 4 | 88 | $123,953.19 | $31,058.20 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 86 | $166,190.02 | $33,954.53 |
| Utah | 5 | 86 | $135,046.63 | $35,741.16 |
| Nevada | 4 | 84 | $448,941.54 | $35,064.39 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 78 | $148,731.38 | $32,052.32 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 73 | $146,487.15 | $42,898.03 |
| Oregon | 4 | 70 | $139,371.03 | $40,678.00 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 67 | $130,633.88 | $28,897.93 |
| Montana | 2 | 63 | $82,181.75 | $34,201.83 |
| Idaho | 4 | 62 | $201,464.82 | $33,302.21 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 53 | $203,753.57 | $48,374.02 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 44 | $111,159.41 | $30,639.34 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 43 | $135,979.49 | $30,265.19 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 37 | $172,968.43 | $44,406.62 |
| Delaware | 2 | 36 | $151,320.22 | $35,463.22 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 32 | $141,280.34 | $43,393.19 |
| Vermont | 1 | 21 | $134,385.76 | $27,204.14 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 18 | $127,339.50 | $46,289.22 |
| Alaska | 1 | 18 | $434,431.00 | $40,048.61 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 15 | $139,363.53 | $35,737.60 |
| Maine | 1 | 15 | $222,265.27 | $35,725.80 |