Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$26,680.82
2024
Average charge
$168,655.38
Hospital list price
Stays
3,889
198 hospitals
Medicare paid
$103.8M
For these stays
For DRG 229 (other cardiothoracic procedures without mcc), Medicare paid $26,680.82 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $168,655.38 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $29,975.18. In 2023 Medicare paid $26,090.70.
3,889 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 229 at 198 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $103.8M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 229 ($34,476.96) and Oklahoma the lowest ($19,853.86).
Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 229 in 2024: 96, with an average Medicare payment of $33,148.04.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · Eisenhower Health | 96 | $133,146.57 | $35,002.11 | $33,148.04 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 57 | $206,705.72 | $24,781.44 | $23,490.96 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 26 | 625 | $224,784.98 | $34,476.96 |
| Florida | 20 | 494 | $180,852.95 | $23,833.16 |
| New York | 12 | 303 | $186,832.59 | $33,352.45 |
| Texas | 10 | 263 |
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.
| 51 |
| $251,105.25 |
| $31,884.06 |
| $24,279.80 |
| St Bernards Medical Center Jonesboro, AR · Saint Bernards Healthcare | 49 | $110,917.90 | $24,888.47 | $23,702.47 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 46 | $240,554.67 | $27,585.13 | $23,477.09 |
| Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ · HonorHealth | 44 | $239,388.84 | $25,704.36 | $23,494.34 |
| Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 44 | $127,349.61 | $23,123.02 | $21,961.05 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 44 | $210,388.59 | $27,772.68 | $26,515.86 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 41 | $167,745.34 | $23,664.29 | $21,448.41 |
| Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY · Northwell Health | 40 | $199,962.68 | $40,418.93 | $38,459.40 |
| Adventist Health St Helena Saint Helena, CA · Adventist Health | 39 | $284,104.56 | $33,755.44 | $32,290.82 |
| Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health | 39 | $240,199.90 | $34,370.05 | $31,898.62 |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC Little Rock, AR | 38 | $82,484.53 | $22,654.13 | $21,135.05 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 37 | $113,927.76 | $37,222.49 | $34,622.38 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 37 | $414,006.38 | $40,198.86 | $35,189.95 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 37 | $91,874.27 | $23,761.97 | $19,863.14 |
| Cape Canaveral Hospital Cocoa Beach, FL · Health First | 37 | $161,043.35 | $30,615.19 | $29,380.16 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 36 | $176,611.44 | $31,627.22 | $28,234.11 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 35 | $151,471.66 | $31,869.74 | $25,158.00 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center Melbourne, FL · Health First | 35 | $174,190.31 | $29,299.11 | $28,351.77 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 35 | $309,168.37 | $43,751.83 | $38,441.00 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 34 | $444,655.97 | $54,494.65 | $45,852.32 |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO · Freeman Health System | 33 | $124,137.73 | $21,757.91 | $20,671.85 |
| Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 32 | $135,455.16 | $25,558.19 | $24,386.75 |
| Presbyterian Hospital Albuquerque, NM · Presbyterian Healthcare Services | 31 | $120,077.52 | $31,556.13 | $18,751.94 |
| $185,188.10 |
| $22,731.14 |
| Illinois | 9 | 144 | $140,155.40 | $25,478.03 |
| Arizona | 7 | 138 | $206,461.11 | $24,819.59 |
| Missouri | 6 | 109 | $122,826.60 | $21,334.77 |
| Georgia | 7 | 109 | $161,328.94 | $24,033.22 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 102 | $114,057.73 | $33,770.89 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 102 | $137,963.84 | $24,767.52 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 100 | $191,796.84 | $21,234.54 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 98 | $104,543.71 | $22,292.42 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 98 | $121,545.58 | $22,259.27 |
| Washington | 7 | 89 | $150,244.63 | $26,940.34 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 74 | $177,589.55 | $28,832.93 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 71 | $101,124.89 | $22,881.01 |
| Michigan | 6 | 70 | $129,686.13 | $25,354.11 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 66 | $102,876.88 | $19,853.86 |
| Virginia | 5 | 63 | $201,171.24 | $22,897.00 |
| Ohio | 3 | 60 | $139,357.62 | $24,389.43 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 58 | $168,779.48 | $27,642.47 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 55 | $245,256.76 | $31,025.87 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 55 | $140,264.98 | $26,604.49 |
| Kansas | 4 | 52 | $178,616.87 | $22,437.37 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 49 | $134,125.31 | $26,401.06 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 45 | $123,753.31 | $20,063.44 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 43 | $146,440.84 | $18,838.65 |
| Idaho | 2 | 38 | $196,084.50 | $25,395.74 |
| Colorado | 2 | 37 | $108,251.00 | $21,830.00 |
| Alabama | 2 | 35 | $121,831.51 | $18,906.17 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 29 | $130,306.86 | $30,108.14 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 27 | $153,414.59 | $31,158.52 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 26 | $165,730.04 | $29,561.54 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 25 | $134,171.44 | $24,845.52 |
| Indiana | 2 | 24 | $84,562.25 | $23,001.38 |
| Oregon | 1 | 17 | $138,151.71 | $24,016.06 |
| Maine | 1 | 15 | $135,131.80 | $26,342.13 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 15 | $83,552.40 | $31,375.20 |
| Iowa | 1 | 14 | $113,981.14 | $20,432.29 |
| Maryland | 1 | 14 | $35,518.14 | $23,461.14 |
| Delaware | 1 | 14 | $97,168.64 | $22,936.21 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 13 | $83,916.62 | $23,289.15 |
| Vermont | 1 | 11 | $112,862.55 | $14,568.36 |