Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$53,828.66
2024
Average charge
$266,359.35
Hospital list price
Stays
344
15 hospitals
Medicare paid
$18.5M
For these stays
For DRG 217 (cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures with cardiac catheterization wit), Medicare paid $53,828.66 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $266,359.35 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $69,001.28. In 2023 Medicare paid $52,800.14.
344 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 217 at 15 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $18.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Ohio had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 217 ($50,525.99) and New Jersey the lowest ($49,071.21).
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH had the most Medicare stays for DRG 217 in 2024: 97, with an average Medicare payment of $50,525.99.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 97 | $232,408.37 | $60,675.55 | $50,525.99 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 41 | $370,931.61 | $73,690.20 | $51,392.17 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1 | 97 | $232,408.37 | $50,525.99 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 52 | $352,300.23 | $49,071.21 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 32 | $198,779.28 | $60,686.03 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 28 |
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.
| 32 |
| $198,779.28 |
| $85,454.50 |
| $60,686.03 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 23 | $223,937.30 | $69,236.22 | $60,630.22 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 21 | $265,122.33 | $93,461.81 | $77,491.38 |
| Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 17 | $245,051.71 | $46,460.24 | $45,515.29 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 16 | $212,964.13 | $69,058.06 | $48,633.25 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 14 | $116,437.29 | $80,690.07 | $67,002.57 |
| Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD · MedStar Health | 13 | $103,590.92 | $92,475.85 | $81,663.46 |
| Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM · Lifepoint Health | 13 | $513,714.62 | $45,050.69 | $43,476.77 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 12 | $274,162.58 | $54,698.75 | $49,920.00 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 12 | $319,082.67 | $54,611.42 | $41,786.08 |
| Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM · Ardent Health | 11 | $355,669.00 | $43,265.73 | $41,899.82 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 11 | $282,856.00 | $90,595.18 | $40,420.36 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 11 | $493,238.73 | $85,771.64 | $38,404.27 |
| $258,443.50 |
| $45,698.75 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 24 | $441,277.04 | $42,754.00 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 23 | $223,937.30 | $60,630.22 |
| New York | 1 | 21 | $265,122.33 | $77,491.38 |
| Texas | 1 | 17 | $245,051.71 | $45,515.29 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 14 | $116,437.29 | $67,002.57 |
| Maryland | 1 | 13 | $103,590.92 | $81,663.46 |
| Alabama | 1 | 12 | $274,162.58 | $49,920.00 |
| Florida | 1 | 11 | $493,238.73 | $38,404.27 |