Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$14,963.58
2024
Average charge
$99,262.08
Hospital list price
Stays
4,444
208 hospitals
Medicare paid
$66.5M
For these stays
For DRG 165 (major chest procedures without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $14,963.58 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $99,262.08 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $19,593.35. In 2023 Medicare paid $15,049.80.
4,444 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 165 at 208 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $66.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 165 ($20,457.68) and Alabama the lowest ($10,808.28).
NYU Langone Hospitals in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 165 in 2024: 109, with an average Medicare payment of $21,352.92.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 109 | $182,146.24 | $24,126.07 | $21,352.92 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 104 | $127,736.79 | $22,432.42 | $18,018.72 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 13 | 408 | $111,541.17 | $18,374.61 |
| Illinois | 11 | 312 | $99,080.55 | $14,792.99 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 283 | $69,313.31 | $17,307.18 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 270 |
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.
| 89 |
| $93,507.38 |
| $22,457.21 |
| $18,460.29 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 68 | $251,817.29 | $22,607.26 | $19,680.49 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 66 | $73,860.38 | $17,745.58 | $13,821.38 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 64 | $133,840.02 | $20,225.09 | $16,176.31 |
| Orlando Health Orlando, FL · Orlando Health | 58 | $204,467.22 | $16,499.55 | $14,346.09 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 57 | $95,000.70 | $21,935.81 | $18,311.60 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 56 | $97,218.05 | $23,107.36 | $20,694.41 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 53 | $60,769.58 | $20,083.38 | $15,261.11 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 52 | $53,111.77 | $22,166.94 | $17,363.17 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 52 | $54,565.15 | $17,487.94 | $13,507.67 |
| Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, NY · Albany Medical Center | 47 | $35,267.98 | $19,970.13 | $15,406.60 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 44 | $73,732.50 | $23,340.75 | $18,364.14 |
| Memorial Medical Center Springfield, IL · Memorial Health System | 42 | $75,365.86 | $15,100.07 | $13,060.45 |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · HCA Healthcare | 41 | $144,181.59 | $16,112.61 | $10,923.02 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 37 | $67,887.59 | $19,428.54 | $12,739.54 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 36 | $67,900.08 | $20,392.86 | $15,161.92 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 36 | $71,907.06 | $13,138.39 | $11,390.78 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 35 | $123,852.23 | $19,026.14 | $10,724.40 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · Dartmouth-Hitchcock | 35 | $72,405.60 | $21,546.83 | $17,021.83 |
| Community Hospital East Indianapolis, IN · Community Health Network | 34 | $96,940.41 | $16,698.50 | $13,066.82 |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · Providence | 34 | $39,093.03 | $21,726.21 | $12,773.74 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 34 | $271,709.03 | $30,253.85 | $21,812.91 |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland, OH · University Hospitals | 32 | $68,997.63 | $18,204.25 | $16,044.25 |
| $123,221.70 |
| $15,376.75 |
| California | 11 | 268 | $187,671.69 | $20,457.68 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 230 | $98,191.98 | $15,510.39 |
| Florida | 9 | 225 | $147,547.01 | $12,354.93 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 199 | $77,280.31 | $13,588.57 |
| Virginia | 7 | 159 | $69,665.21 | $13,499.13 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 149 | $87,922.95 | $11,906.87 |
| Washington | 8 | 141 | $103,124.21 | $13,823.16 |
| Ohio | 7 | 126 | $81,202.25 | $13,168.13 |
| Michigan | 7 | 124 | $68,118.60 | $13,414.02 |
| Texas | 6 | 111 | $102,151.75 | $13,346.84 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 110 | $123,126.73 | $12,419.24 |
| Maryland | 6 | 109 | $26,437.45 | $19,446.51 |
| Arizona | 5 | 101 | $111,064.86 | $13,310.48 |
| Georgia | 6 | 97 | $100,833.12 | $14,550.73 |
| Oregon | 5 | 92 | $61,095.22 | $15,295.75 |
| Indiana | 4 | 90 | $132,598.77 | $14,338.43 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 85 | $62,391.00 | $15,523.38 |
| Alabama | 4 | 69 | $68,741.61 | $10,808.28 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 66 | $92,785.18 | $10,909.88 |
| Colorado | 3 | 50 | $82,947.18 | $13,580.72 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 48 | $82,174.19 | $14,596.54 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 48 | $91,276.50 | $13,330.85 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 44 | $148,408.84 | $12,887.02 |
| Kansas | 2 | 41 | $89,466.05 | $13,183.56 |
| Missouri | 2 | 40 | $78,296.28 | $13,126.23 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 35 | $72,405.60 | $17,021.83 |
| Iowa | 2 | 35 | $69,334.20 | $12,086.94 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 34 | $91,296.32 | $11,352.09 |
| Utah | 2 | 34 | $75,587.79 | $14,679.50 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 31 | $57,667.48 | $16,766.23 |
| Delaware | 2 | 29 | $44,545.41 | $15,057.07 |
| Montana | 2 | 26 | $52,455.38 | $12,375.62 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 26 | $80,433.88 | $11,499.73 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 23 | $33,290.30 | $14,602.09 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 21 | $95,844.24 | $11,420.76 |
| Idaho | 1 | 18 | $149,568.39 | $15,032.67 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $53,180.93 | $8,799.43 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 12 | $68,261.83 | $11,324.33 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 11 | $42,331.91 | $15,050.00 |