Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$21,993.66
2024
Average charge
$142,566.09
Hospital list price
Stays
21,835
990 hospitals
Medicare paid
$480.2M
For these stays
For DRG 208 (respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support <=96 hours), Medicare paid $21,993.66 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $142,566.09 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $25,673.71. In 2023 Medicare paid $21,110.13.
21,835 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 208 at 990 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $480.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 208 ($30,388.60) and West Virginia the lowest ($17,086.75).
Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX had the most Medicare stays for DRG 208 in 2024: 134, with an average Medicare payment of $18,167.87.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 134 | $253,849.49 | $20,036.04 | $18,167.87 |
| Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Las Vegas, NV · HCA Healthcare | 102 | $315,760.52 | $25,108.50 | $22,068.94 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 104 | 2,082 | $244,892.22 | $30,266.49 |
| Florida | 81 | 1,900 | $162,026.34 | $19,789.86 |
| Texas | 80 | 1,900 | $178,842.09 | $19,614.08 |
| New York | 53 | 1,218 |
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.
| 98 |
| $88,178.97 |
| $21,149.42 |
| $17,641.26 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson, TN · West Tennessee Healthcare | 72 | $65,812.08 | $19,923.81 | $16,842.60 |
| Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Milwaukee, WI · ThedaCare | 68 | $124,186.88 | $32,692.84 | $22,735.66 |
| Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, TN · Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare | 64 | $77,376.11 | $21,140.27 | $18,434.17 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 64 | $230,221.53 | $41,148.72 | $35,593.00 |
| Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center Savannah, GA · HCA Healthcare | 63 | $119,313.89 | $21,933.95 | $18,374.11 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 62 | $101,745.71 | $19,547.60 | $17,699.29 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 61 | $298,086.61 | $56,972.89 | $34,588.26 |
| Jackson Health System Miami, FL · Jackson Health System | 60 | $90,846.82 | $33,025.90 | $29,917.62 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT · Yale New Haven Health System | 58 | $160,920.14 | $40,130.59 | $34,560.38 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital Gainesville, FL · HCA Healthcare | 58 | $241,038.97 | $21,979.79 | $19,943.69 |
| Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, OH · Premier Health | 58 | $108,644.59 | $22,027.34 | $16,804.90 |
| Lexington Medical Center West Columbia, SC · Lexington Medical Center | 57 | $96,852.72 | $18,536.14 | $17,221.91 |
| Marion Communtiy Hospital Ocala, FL · HCA Healthcare | 56 | $189,425.23 | $20,567.48 | $18,987.70 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 54 | $108,927.06 | $27,554.15 | $23,438.67 |
| Winchester Medical Center Winchester, VA · Valley Health | 54 | $51,637.61 | $22,112.98 | $19,631.50 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 53 | $115,526.36 | $43,004.36 | $30,839.34 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 53 | $226,134.28 | $27,812.17 | $18,988.87 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc Gainesville, GA · Northeast Georgia Health System | 52 | $128,487.96 | $28,020.77 | $19,789.37 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 52 | $181,032.81 | $25,318.13 | $23,148.77 |
| Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 51 | $139,046.12 | $23,673.35 | $20,540.98 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Sioux Falls, SD · Avera Health | 51 | $126,007.86 | $21,941.86 | $19,576.04 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 51 | $102,451.94 | $24,311.20 | $21,161.88 |
| $165,664.43 |
| $28,549.72 |
| Illinois | 43 | 938 | $112,047.09 | $20,345.50 |
| Pennsylvania | 37 | 785 | $163,320.94 | $21,739.37 |
| Ohio | 38 | 778 | $105,787.26 | $19,101.30 |
| New Jersey | 34 | 758 | $193,553.08 | $23,711.56 |
| Tennessee | 26 | 620 | $109,080.49 | $17,261.52 |
| Virginia | 25 | 595 | $121,502.46 | $18,830.68 |
| Michigan | 28 | 570 | $85,760.93 | $20,320.12 |
| Georgia | 29 | 567 | $125,132.49 | $20,982.87 |
| Maryland | 25 | 562 | $36,067.10 | $30,388.60 |
| North Carolina | 26 | 561 | $91,360.50 | $20,256.59 |
| Missouri | 22 | 491 | $115,678.87 | $19,983.75 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | 483 | $125,243.20 | $18,525.84 |
| Indiana | 22 | 476 | $95,779.86 | $19,174.88 |
| South Carolina | 16 | 451 | $118,741.97 | $18,856.95 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 437 | $87,253.82 | $26,116.21 |
| Washington | 23 | 420 | $122,862.32 | $22,383.06 |
| Nevada | 13 | 384 | $277,895.67 | $22,826.17 |
| Kentucky | 18 | 378 | $97,670.57 | $18,179.80 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 376 | $86,092.47 | $17,485.41 |
| Arizona | 20 | 354 | $137,271.35 | $21,636.48 |
| Louisiana | 16 | 350 | $114,818.17 | $17,647.08 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 345 | $103,469.60 | $17,459.14 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 295 | $105,619.64 | $21,223.91 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 277 | $108,402.64 | $26,005.21 |
| Alabama | 13 | 229 | $104,641.41 | $17,595.25 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 217 | $85,617.44 | $17,086.75 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 202 | $123,786.33 | $27,281.11 |
| Iowa | 8 | 201 | $87,962.96 | $19,070.20 |
| Kansas | 10 | 187 | $161,261.61 | $19,532.96 |
| Oregon | 9 | 149 | $100,229.83 | $25,624.21 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 129 | $121,806.77 | $21,217.59 |
| Idaho | 5 | 126 | $109,790.32 | $19,748.94 |
| Colorado | 5 | 123 | $202,033.93 | $20,090.51 |
| Delaware | 3 | 109 | $97,425.35 | $20,388.37 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 103 | $107,875.99 | $21,378.35 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 99 | $91,131.40 | $20,973.25 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 95 | $84,083.68 | $19,590.28 |
| Utah | 5 | 84 | $94,547.35 | $20,083.99 |
| Montana | 5 | 72 | $79,911.31 | $19,813.90 |
| Maine | 3 | 59 | $114,096.93 | $20,596.12 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 57 | $109,824.39 | $25,363.75 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 54 | $173,755.33 | $27,843.56 |
| Alaska | 2 | 39 | $283,923.31 | $24,624.00 |
| Vermont | 2 | 39 | $92,410.23 | $19,341.33 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 36 | $86,367.22 | $22,181.75 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 34 | $62,120.56 | $20,805.44 |