Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$88,266.32
2024
Average charge
$491,597.83
Hospital list price
Stays
656
46 hospitals
Medicare paid
$57.9M
For these stays
For DRG 215 (other heart assist system implant), Medicare paid $88,266.32 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $491,597.83 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $98,780.54. In 2023 Medicare paid $87,353.07.
656 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 215 at 46 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $57.9M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, New Jersey had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 215 ($100,903.04) and Texas the lowest ($73,948.49).
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 215 in 2024: 36, with an average Medicare payment of $115,340.11.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 36 | $375,973.00 | $136,470.06 | $115,340.11 |
| Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital Glendale, AZ · Tenet Healthcare | 30 | $864,651.30 | $89,485.97 | $79,892.13 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 5 | 77 | $669,336.39 | $80,091.86 |
| Texas | 5 | 68 | $559,443.25 | $73,948.49 |
| Arizona | 4 | 67 | $588,719.39 | $79,765.91 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 52 |
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.
| 20 |
| $342,352.45 |
| $70,669.15 |
| $69,934.75 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 20 | $716,751.00 | $118,013.05 | $101,864.35 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 20 | $623,761.40 | $151,216.70 | $103,275.25 |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital Bradenton, FL · Universal Health Services | 17 | $1,013,205.00 | $77,509.35 | $75,799.00 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 17 | $646,698.29 | $149,327.59 | $141,611.76 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 17 | $799,716.18 | $74,134.06 | $69,605.35 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 16 | $851,524.00 | $101,041.81 | $98,735.81 |
| Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 16 | $317,274.69 | $93,835.25 | $77,650.88 |
| Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Gulfport, MS · Memorial Hospital at Gulfport | 16 | $748,229.31 | $75,060.75 | $67,170.63 |
| Wellspan York Hospital York, PA · Wellspan Health | 15 | $472,062.00 | $99,833.87 | $97,755.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital Mesa, AZ · Banner Health | 15 | $383,523.33 | $71,268.87 | $69,956.47 |
| Genesis Medical Center-Davenport Davenport, IA · Trinity Health | 14 | $339,129.64 | $87,902.71 | $86,679.93 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 14 | $387,844.71 | $136,134.36 | $129,037.57 |
| Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital Saint Cloud, MN · CentraCare | 14 | $280,335.57 | $106,312.14 | $104,894.57 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · Dartmouth-Hitchcock | 14 | $351,819.00 | $128,874.79 | $123,082.50 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson, TN · West Tennessee Healthcare | 13 | $251,230.77 | $81,900.62 | $68,086.00 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 13 | $333,901.15 | $80,470.46 | $78,119.15 |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY · Banner Health | 13 | $344,918.69 | $89,988.46 | $88,817.38 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · Corewell Health | 13 | $491,991.62 | $123,243.69 | $74,284.31 |
| Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, FL · Sacred Heart Health System | 13 | $401,859.31 | $80,225.62 | $77,643.15 |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health Care | 13 | $350,568.92 | $92,131.38 | $89,165.54 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. Wichita, KS · Ascension | 13 | $318,015.31 | $80,064.31 | $77,545.15 |
| Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · Ochsner Health | 13 | $477,539.92 | $70,780.23 | $68,007.31 |
| $614,370.40 |
| $100,903.04 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 47 | $407,118.64 | $117,739.49 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 39 | $367,961.59 | $110,661.59 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 34 | $386,687.06 | $89,005.35 |
| New York | 2 | 28 | $630,140.86 | $121,631.68 |
| Illinois | 2 | 26 | $342,235.04 | $83,642.35 |
| Michigan | 2 | 25 | $437,162.60 | $78,625.20 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 24 | $225,735.00 | $64,561.92 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 24 | $365,810.17 | $71,558.25 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 16 | $748,229.31 | $67,170.63 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 15 | $472,062.00 | $97,755.00 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 14 | $351,819.00 | $123,082.50 |
| Iowa | 1 | 14 | $339,129.64 | $86,679.93 |
| Kansas | 1 | 13 | $318,015.31 | $77,545.15 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 13 | $344,918.69 | $88,817.38 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 13 | $477,539.92 | $68,007.31 |
| Washington | 1 | 12 | $308,205.00 | $86,132.75 |
| Ohio | 1 | 12 | $377,835.00 | $69,029.25 |
| Georgia | 1 | 12 | $592,601.83 | $79,739.92 |
| California | 1 | 11 | $392,662.82 | $98,532.82 |