Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$9,507.61
2024
Average charge
$61,131.23
Hospital list price
Stays
699
47 hospitals
Medicare paid
$6.6M
For these stays
For DRG 181 (respiratory neoplasms with cc), Medicare paid $9,507.61 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $61,131.23 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $13,072.91. In 2023 Medicare paid $8,819.56.
699 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 181 at 47 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $6.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 181 ($12,788.61) and Florida the lowest ($7,349.24).
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 181 in 2024: 24, with an average Medicare payment of $11,025.63.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 24 | $68,165.50 | $16,015.75 | $11,025.63 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 23 | $39,016.35 | $13,611.22 | $10,750.39 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 5 | 90 | $47,548.58 | $9,543.98 |
| New York | 5 | 77 | $77,711.13 | $10,963.47 |
| Florida | 5 | 67 | $72,269.72 | $7,349.24 |
| California | 4 | 59 |
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.
| 21 |
| $109,080.71 |
| $16,233.52 |
| $12,907.24 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 20 | $36,968.35 | $14,194.00 | $9,244.50 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 20 | $86,732.20 | $15,689.55 | $12,829.40 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 20 | $34,128.70 | $10,946.50 | $7,850.80 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 20 | $72,773.40 | $16,908.95 | $10,470.05 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 19 | $68,406.32 | $12,565.37 | $6,984.21 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 19 | $191,092.58 | $22,781.53 | $14,103.47 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 19 | $22,195.11 | $9,466.42 | $8,435.68 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 19 | $51,773.16 | $12,335.89 | $8,045.05 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 18 | $41,390.28 | $10,390.78 | $8,535.89 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 18 | $57,918.28 | $16,985.17 | $8,660.06 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 17 | $42,462.24 | $8,249.06 | $7,219.53 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 16 | $68,375.69 | $13,890.69 | $9,566.13 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 16 | $75,395.94 | $8,467.38 | $6,808.13 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 16 | $25,020.69 | $14,049.75 | $7,833.75 |
| West Jersey Hospital Voorhees, NJ · Virtua Health | 15 | $100,872.07 | $8,940.93 | $8,099.33 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 15 | $142,386.87 | $14,384.87 | $12,025.67 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 15 | $21,925.27 | $19,178.00 | $18,090.00 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 14 | $60,838.79 | $10,761.36 | $9,900.79 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital Gainesville, FL · HCA Healthcare | 14 | $85,732.07 | $9,903.07 | $8,597.64 |
| Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, TN · Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare | 14 | $33,489.57 | $10,083.50 | $7,783.64 |
| Mease Countryside Hospital Safety Harbor, FL · Baycare Health System | 14 | $51,926.57 | $8,925.71 | $6,240.57 |
| Marion Communtiy Hospital Ocala, FL · HCA Healthcare | 14 | $69,578.21 | $10,001.79 | $7,880.07 |
| $139,058.83 |
| $12,788.61 |
| Illinois | 4 | 55 | $44,070.09 | $8,249.07 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 42 | $41,996.71 | $9,926.36 |
| Maryland | 3 | 37 | $22,269.86 | $18,155.76 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 34 | $38,295.18 | $9,657.35 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 31 | $56,588.35 | $7,314.16 |
| Missouri | 2 | 29 | $57,587.66 | $8,306.31 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 25 | $44,176.84 | $6,902.12 |
| Ohio | 1 | 19 | $51,773.16 | $8,045.05 |
| Delaware | 1 | 18 | $41,390.28 | $8,535.89 |
| Arizona | 1 | 18 | $57,918.28 | $8,660.06 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 17 | $42,462.24 | $7,219.53 |
| Texas | 1 | 16 | $75,395.94 | $6,808.13 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 15 | $100,872.07 | $8,099.33 |
| Alabama | 1 | 13 | $40,050.08 | $6,919.77 |
| Kansas | 1 | 13 | $82,542.46 | $8,092.23 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 12 | $38,332.75 | $7,920.25 |
| Michigan | 1 | 12 | $26,033.83 | $6,593.08 |