Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$6,374.32
2024
Average charge
$39,874.19
Hospital list price
Stays
11,485
583 hospitals
Medicare paid
$73.2M
For these stays
For DRG 191 (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with cc), Medicare paid $6,374.32 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $39,874.19 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,279.93. In 2023 Medicare paid $6,113.24.
11,485 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 191 at 583 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $73.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 191 ($10,340.12) and West Virginia the lowest ($4,760.74).
Southcoast Hospitals Group in Fall River, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 191 in 2024: 87, with an average Medicare payment of $5,878.18.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 87 | $18,109.51 | $7,590.29 | $5,878.18 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 79 | $14,484.81 | $7,411.57 | $5,542.82 |
| Adventhealth Orlando |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 64 | 1,304 | $54,584.90 | $5,972.57 |
| Massachusetts | 36 | 868 | $19,942.65 | $6,747.06 |
| New York | 41 | 868 | $52,065.85 | $8,012.70 |
| Illinois | 34 | 711 |
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.
| 69 |
| $62,743.35 |
| $7,825.93 |
| $5,351.41 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 62 | $41,919.77 | $7,811.76 | $6,174.31 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 62 | $78,718.56 | $12,087.94 | $9,338.65 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 60 | $27,191.12 | $8,622.23 | $5,930.50 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 58 | $32,919.52 | $6,352.60 | $4,952.74 |
| Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 54 | $61,441.70 | $7,631.74 | $6,091.48 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center Lakeland, FL · Lakeland Regional Health | 53 | $34,344.40 | $7,133.28 | $5,607.70 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 51 | $27,096.75 | $6,452.29 | $4,656.39 |
| Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown, MD · Meritus Health | 51 | $9,345.43 | $8,691.43 | $7,211.14 |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry McHenry, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 49 | $33,872.18 | $6,828.51 | $5,584.84 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Temple University Health System | 49 | $102,426.35 | $11,956.22 | $8,190.33 |
| West Jersey Hospital Voorhees, NJ · Virtua Health | 48 | $75,538.13 | $6,811.73 | $5,539.06 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 48 | $28,985.40 | $6,160.13 | $4,714.63 |
| ECU Health Medical Center Greenville, NC · ECU Health | 46 | $21,246.76 | $9,146.72 | $6,105.37 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 46 | $39,413.07 | $6,539.91 | $5,110.59 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital Stratford, NJ · Jefferson Health | 46 | $55,479.41 | $8,424.72 | $6,213.78 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 46 | $68,943.70 | $14,202.65 | $8,409.72 |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 43 | $32,609.26 | $5,941.53 | $4,678.60 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 43 | $66,126.49 | $11,908.56 | $8,456.44 |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL · The University of Chicago Medicine | 42 | $50,551.86 | $12,502.29 | $9,182.60 |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA · Sharp Healthcare | 42 | $66,823.45 | $8,991.17 | $8,262.60 |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · Wellforce | 42 | $16,236.60 | $7,515.19 | $6,263.24 |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · Willis Knighton Health System | 41 | $34,781.76 | $6,263.88 | $4,848.98 |
| $35,585.65 |
| $5,827.06 |
| New Jersey | 34 | 696 | $63,166.08 | $6,490.83 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 693 | $46,427.27 | $5,892.21 |
| North Carolina | 30 | 624 | $28,349.86 | $5,990.81 |
| California | 36 | 588 | $76,419.29 | $8,584.61 |
| Michigan | 24 | 537 | $26,579.59 | $5,771.73 |
| Maryland | 24 | 527 | $13,166.44 | $10,340.12 |
| Ohio | 24 | 415 | $31,919.40 | $5,185.60 |
| Missouri | 21 | 395 | $34,278.18 | $5,603.89 |
| Texas | 20 | 317 | $48,140.91 | $6,197.94 |
| Kentucky | 11 | 286 | $30,607.76 | $4,771.40 |
| Indiana | 15 | 282 | $29,776.50 | $5,297.66 |
| Virginia | 15 | 260 | $28,536.93 | $5,488.10 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 209 | $32,936.38 | $5,651.40 |
| Alabama | 9 | 207 | $32,193.86 | $5,377.32 |
| Georgia | 10 | 163 | $37,956.16 | $6,150.18 |
| Arizona | 9 | 134 | $43,729.40 | $5,489.96 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 117 | $27,044.87 | $4,760.74 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 117 | $35,412.24 | $4,765.75 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 116 | $24,161.03 | $4,907.60 |
| Delaware | 4 | 115 | $28,146.10 | $5,859.40 |
| Tennessee | 7 | 110 | $32,876.19 | $5,534.79 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 106 | $34,444.30 | $7,338.48 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 98 | $27,485.68 | $6,385.34 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 95 | $38,253.74 | $4,995.03 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 88 | $46,583.51 | $5,388.86 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 78 | $23,109.86 | $5,645.76 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 62 | $28,062.50 | $5,237.47 |
| Iowa | 4 | 52 | $20,101.54 | $4,909.48 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 51 | $27,103.88 | $5,202.10 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 31 | $24,401.90 | $6,141.45 |
| Nevada | 2 | 30 | $117,684.53 | $7,077.87 |
| Washington | 1 | 20 | $42,767.80 | $5,915.20 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 18 | $38,240.11 | $5,790.39 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 16 | $17,415.44 | $5,808.31 |
| Maine | 1 | 14 | $21,364.43 | $6,719.93 |
| Kansas | 1 | 14 | $36,446.79 | $4,082.93 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 13 | $30,832.00 | $9,844.38 |
| Oregon | 1 | 13 | $17,853.85 | $6,685.69 |