Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$8,113.70
2024
Average charge
$60,338.14
Hospital list price
Stays
217
16 hospitals
Medicare paid
$1.8M
For these stays
For DRG 187 (pleural effusion with cc), Medicare paid $8,113.70 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $60,338.14 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $10,571.96. In 2023 Medicare paid $8,118.51.
217 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 187 at 16 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $1.8M for them.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 187 in 2024: 24, with an average Medicare payment of $11,269.79.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 24 | $116,389.25 | $20,173.08 | $11,269.79 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 21 | $51,591.05 | $7,812.14 | $6,364.62 |
| Community Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 4 | 62 | $94,460.34 | $10,820.23 |
| Florida | 2 | 36 | $56,013.28 | $6,727.31 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 25 | $47,543.16 | $6,552.72 |
| Illinois | 2 | 22 |
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.
| 17 |
| $65,529.59 |
| $8,530.65 |
| $6,942.47 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 16 | $107,949.31 | $13,892.00 | $10,848.06 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 15 | $62,204.40 | $8,602.47 | $7,235.07 |
| Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · Main Line Health | 14 | $63,860.07 | $7,899.43 | $6,689.29 |
| The Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · Methodist Health System | 11 | $28,448.73 | $7,816.00 | $6,457.27 |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · Garnet Health | 11 | $58,015.73 | $10,589.64 | $9,437.91 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 11 | $63,439.73 | $13,060.09 | $11,181.18 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 11 | $31,491.09 | $9,449.18 | $7,311.73 |
| Doylestown Hospital Doylestown, PA · Doylestown Health | 11 | $26,776.18 | $7,138.91 | $6,378.91 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 11 | $32,094.18 | $8,708.73 | $7,199.00 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 11 | $57,421.45 | $8,240.36 | $7,498.55 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute New Orleans, LA · Ochsner Health | 11 | $30,459.55 | $8,849.91 | $6,956.09 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 11 | $53,265.36 | $13,480.36 | $10,833.09 |
| Cox Medical Centers Springfield, MO · CoxHealth | 11 | $32,071.91 | $7,120.00 | $5,180.27 |
| $44,757.82 |
| $7,348.77 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 17 | $65,529.59 | $6,942.47 |
| Missouri | 1 | 11 | $32,071.91 | $5,180.27 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 11 | $30,459.55 | $6,956.09 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | $53,265.36 | $10,833.09 |
| Delaware | 1 | 11 | $31,491.09 | $7,311.73 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 11 | $28,448.73 | $6,457.27 |