Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$20,435.81
2024
Average charge
$123,756.17
Hospital list price
Stays
11,919
433 hospitals
Medicare paid
$243.6M
For these stays
For DRG 164 (major chest procedures with cc), Medicare paid $20,435.81 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $123,756.17 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $25,501.37. In 2023 Medicare paid $20,198.02.
11,919 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 164 at 433 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $243.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 164 ($30,918.90) and Alabama the lowest ($15,166.09).
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 164 in 2024: 178, with an average Medicare payment of $25,261.80.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 178 | $114,102.78 | $29,260.22 | $25,261.80 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 169 | $215,377.33 | $32,454.31 | $27,985.73 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 24 | 917 | $147,923.85 | $25,382.69 |
| California | 33 | 872 | $210,915.94 | $28,809.66 |
| Florida | 30 | 780 | $156,690.86 | $17,243.12 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 680 |
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.
| 163 |
| $139,041.19 |
| $33,706.67 |
| $27,607.59 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 152 | $85,369.88 | $26,581.74 | $21,154.55 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 128 | $76,831.77 | $31,312.42 | $24,269.16 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 127 | $96,764.19 | $30,723.13 | $25,679.40 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 115 | $105,596.57 | $30,602.10 | $20,303.10 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 106 | $374,609.65 | $41,761.09 | $35,557.78 |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO · University of Colorado Health | 97 | $147,025.43 | $26,142.88 | $22,268.19 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 91 | $143,860.64 | $31,869.68 | $24,774.19 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 87 | $86,539.08 | $28,271.16 | $16,964.22 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 83 | $79,012.39 | $28,142.88 | $21,582.47 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 82 | $87,267.29 | $25,073.93 | $18,070.30 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 81 | $162,785.04 | $29,614.69 | $24,232.04 |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland, OH · University Hospitals | 80 | $85,667.34 | $25,284.24 | $21,263.91 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 77 | $80,159.16 | $26,469.12 | $19,586.99 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 74 | $59,707.51 | $23,771.24 | $18,021.22 |
| UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA · University of California Health | 68 | $142,173.35 | $36,682.78 | $30,358.96 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 65 | $191,448.31 | $22,409.80 | $17,786.74 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 64 | $162,569.22 | $26,708.34 | $21,999.92 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 64 | $186,408.95 | $40,720.63 | $35,358.69 |
| Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Richmond, VA · VCU Health System | 64 | $130,730.84 | $30,026.36 | $20,772.30 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT · Yale New Haven Health System | 62 | $77,038.24 | $31,379.47 | $26,165.44 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 62 | $88,918.92 | $18,511.23 | $14,783.47 |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · University of California Health | 61 | $146,290.82 | $45,762.93 | $36,854.97 |
| $85,056.32 |
| $24,060.94 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | 594 | $154,528.97 | $19,831.47 |
| Texas | 24 | 509 | $161,854.45 | $16,788.01 |
| Illinois | 16 | 505 | $124,671.62 | $19,808.08 |
| New Jersey | 13 | 495 | $111,686.19 | $21,142.46 |
| North Carolina | 17 | 487 | $97,962.17 | $18,272.03 |
| Virginia | 13 | 435 | $109,556.98 | $17,836.73 |
| Ohio | 12 | 343 | $103,331.14 | $17,529.46 |
| Georgia | 15 | 310 | $131,740.66 | $18,326.15 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 306 | $80,136.49 | $20,490.93 |
| Maryland | 11 | 304 | $38,548.68 | $30,918.90 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 299 | $98,605.94 | $16,200.47 |
| Washington | 10 | 296 | $112,345.18 | $19,914.61 |
| Arizona | 11 | 277 | $136,088.62 | $19,650.60 |
| Michigan | 12 | 269 | $83,115.31 | $18,669.57 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 265 | $141,074.09 | $17,884.63 |
| Missouri | 11 | 256 | $95,011.11 | $17,582.58 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 228 | $128,211.86 | $15,592.15 |
| Colorado | 6 | 209 | $133,041.01 | $19,585.59 |
| Indiana | 11 | 190 | $132,327.48 | $17,368.46 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 171 | $92,237.52 | $18,439.83 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 167 | $98,884.92 | $18,439.77 |
| Oregon | 6 | 159 | $87,060.66 | $22,276.66 |
| Kansas | 5 | 135 | $121,437.73 | $17,442.84 |
| Alabama | 4 | 126 | $92,181.71 | $15,166.09 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 122 | $83,234.19 | $23,751.47 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 105 | $131,987.35 | $15,944.68 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 97 | $140,236.82 | $23,306.25 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 93 | $83,049.98 | $16,854.66 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 92 | $110,620.99 | $15,442.12 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 83 | $97,800.65 | $16,067.96 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 82 | $108,453.44 | $22,191.27 |
| Delaware | 3 | 79 | $70,404.42 | $19,337.52 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 70 | $80,554.90 | $17,170.81 |
| Iowa | 4 | 69 | $84,126.29 | $17,726.91 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 61 | $97,958.26 | $17,437.95 |
| Utah | 3 | 61 | $85,157.74 | $19,157.95 |
| Maine | 2 | 54 | $81,083.28 | $16,689.31 |
| Montana | 3 | 53 | $64,432.08 | $17,787.75 |
| Idaho | 3 | 48 | $136,194.35 | $21,522.21 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 39 | $45,682.95 | $23,765.36 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 30 | $76,396.67 | $15,911.40 |
| Nevada | 2 | 27 | $198,630.70 | $18,028.33 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 23 | $116,923.13 | $20,709.26 |
| Vermont | 1 | 21 | $66,816.95 | $11,203.19 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 13 | $226,642.46 | $14,648.31 |
| Alaska | 1 | 13 | $215,032.15 | $22,194.00 |