Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$5,192.53
2024
Average charge
$33,154.56
Hospital list price
Stays
59
5 hospitals
Medicare paid
$306K
For these stays
For DRG 203 (bronchitis and asthma without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $5,192.53 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $33,154.56 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,394.02. In 2023 Medicare paid $4,713.52.
59 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 203 at 5 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $306K for them.
Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE had the most Medicare stays for DRG 203 in 2024: 13, with an average Medicare payment of $4,537.69.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 13 | $26,047.85 | $7,078.38 | $4,537.69 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 13 | $42,722.54 | $7,684.69 | $4,721.38 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2 | 24 | $36,130.71 | $4,305.62 |
| Delaware | 1 | 13 | $26,047.85 | $4,537.69 |
| Maryland | 1 | 11 | $9,585.00 | $7,265.18 |
| New York | 1 | 11 |
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.
| 11 |
| $28,340.36 |
| $5,619.73 |
| $3,814.27 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 11 | $9,585.00 | $8,897.18 | $7,265.18 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · Montefiore Medical Center | 11 | $58,629.55 | $13,058.27 | $5,828.82 |
| $58,629.55 |
| $5,828.82 |