Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$7,278.86
2024
Average charge
$45,703.45
Hospital list price
Stays
26,447
1,020 hospitals
Medicare paid
$192.5M
For these stays
For DRG 178 (respiratory infections and inflammations with cc), Medicare paid $7,278.86 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $45,703.45 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $9,492.63. In 2023 Medicare paid $8,119.10.
26,447 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 178 at 1,020 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $192.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 178 ($11,956.42) and Kentucky the lowest ($5,605.39).
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 178 in 2024: 169, with an average Medicare payment of $6,997.73.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 169 | $27,864.95 | $8,839.73 | $6,997.73 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 149 | $95,759.77 | $14,968.81 | $10,303.85 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 83 | 2,496 | $54,102.95 | $6,695.11 |
| New York | 70 | 2,088 | $63,689.82 | $8,741.29 |
| California | 64 | 1,684 | $84,586.17 | $9,600.49 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | 1,682 |
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.
| 136 |
| $62,892.71 |
| $9,001.64 |
| $6,707.91 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 131 | $49,849.49 | $9,232.95 | $6,928.49 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 127 | $42,363.53 | $10,476.98 | $7,647.66 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 127 | $23,172.63 | $8,207.83 | $6,964.81 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 117 | $97,804.68 | $13,674.34 | $10,552.19 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 112 | $15,837.97 | $7,926.82 | $6,656.04 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 101 | $58,674.29 | $8,689.17 | $6,887.77 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 98 | $79,867.04 | $10,436.51 | $7,867.00 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center Lakeland, FL · Lakeland Regional Health | 96 | $36,976.51 | $8,149.89 | $6,878.11 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 94 | $12,325.18 | $11,362.41 | $10,009.22 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 94 | $40,841.07 | $7,594.13 | $5,809.00 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 93 | $42,800.09 | $13,440.25 | $7,451.73 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 92 | $77,706.22 | $13,179.17 | $10,204.33 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 91 | $61,942.35 | $14,127.87 | $9,862.69 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA · Mass General Brigham | 89 | $29,427.36 | $9,019.07 | $7,209.10 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 87 | $44,346.71 | $9,661.84 | $7,952.63 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 86 | $41,782.34 | $11,349.91 | $7,986.20 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 85 | $38,401.34 | $7,385.69 | $6,146.94 |
| Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · Valley Health System | 85 | $56,697.32 | $9,375.07 | $6,961.15 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL · Baptist Health South Florida | 84 | $43,435.85 | $7,678.61 | $6,100.39 |
| Rex Hospital Raleigh, NC · UNC Health Care System | 83 | $26,288.64 | $7,051.19 | $5,608.23 |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 82 | $37,711.93 | $7,922.37 | $5,058.41 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 82 | $39,011.32 | $15,082.46 | $8,747.59 |
| $25,337.84 |
| $7,704.91 |
| Illinois | 53 | 1,592 | $39,489.23 | $6,674.70 |
| Pennsylvania | 63 | 1,573 | $50,557.33 | $6,487.26 |
| New Jersey | 41 | 1,267 | $77,211.85 | $7,371.95 |
| North Carolina | 37 | 1,082 | $33,315.57 | $6,845.67 |
| Texas | 50 | 1,059 | $49,234.93 | $6,904.63 |
| Maryland | 33 | 1,028 | $15,176.47 | $11,956.42 |
| Ohio | 51 | 1,002 | $35,923.75 | $6,183.43 |
| Missouri | 25 | 705 | $40,036.77 | $6,209.60 |
| Michigan | 26 | 662 | $28,929.38 | $6,614.78 |
| Virginia | 27 | 609 | $33,849.46 | $6,564.16 |
| Indiana | 24 | 530 | $34,745.42 | $6,403.72 |
| Georgia | 23 | 509 | $42,482.69 | $7,212.55 |
| South Carolina | 22 | 501 | $38,332.78 | $6,557.05 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 468 | $31,743.54 | $7,066.00 |
| Arizona | 17 | 413 | $48,210.59 | $6,495.06 |
| Alabama | 18 | 386 | $35,614.52 | $5,870.72 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 373 | $41,767.63 | $6,322.86 |
| Kentucky | 14 | 364 | $37,089.18 | $5,605.39 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 350 | $37,555.45 | $8,590.25 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 331 | $31,528.97 | $5,946.27 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | 313 | $38,302.94 | $6,305.95 |
| Louisiana | 14 | 298 | $38,136.01 | $5,607.79 |
| Washington | 13 | 277 | $39,453.05 | $7,078.43 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 234 | $26,134.44 | $5,791.18 |
| Iowa | 11 | 223 | $26,684.87 | $5,663.10 |
| Delaware | 4 | 213 | $38,862.12 | $7,234.90 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 210 | $32,152.71 | $5,949.33 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 204 | $30,426.39 | $5,937.74 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 199 | $39,447.96 | $6,558.07 |
| Kansas | 7 | 187 | $58,812.89 | $5,834.57 |
| Colorado | 7 | 163 | $84,029.37 | $6,725.17 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 162 | $33,611.79 | $6,611.24 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 137 | $31,739.73 | $7,215.07 |
| Oregon | 8 | 131 | $34,912.44 | $7,892.76 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 94 | $29,519.59 | $6,484.48 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 66 | $44,017.85 | $7,053.82 |
| Maine | 3 | 63 | $46,948.27 | $7,393.73 |
| Idaho | 4 | 62 | $28,953.08 | $6,169.76 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 61 | $30,701.74 | $9,662.48 |
| Nevada | 5 | 59 | $71,201.59 | $8,009.22 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 56 | $46,903.98 | $7,341.02 |
| Vermont | 3 | 44 | $38,723.45 | $5,499.70 |
| Montana | 3 | 42 | $20,564.31 | $6,231.98 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 39 | $24,479.03 | $7,265.15 |
| Utah | 2 | 37 | $43,049.57 | $9,047.92 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 34 | $49,069.47 | $8,663.15 |
| Alaska | 1 | 11 | $61,582.27 | $8,016.82 |