Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$36,474.94
2024
Average charge
$240,842.67
Hospital list price
Stays
5,526
282 hospitals
Medicare paid
$201.6M
For these stays
For DRG 234 (coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization or open ablation without mcc), Medicare paid $36,474.94 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $240,842.67 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $45,866.40. In 2023 Medicare paid $34,772.19.
5,526 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 234 at 282 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $201.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 234 ($56,664.12) and Alabama the lowest ($28,491.82).
St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center in Roslyn, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 234 in 2024: 80, with an average Medicare payment of $38,857.39.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 80 | $248,361.78 | $44,518.98 | $38,857.39 |
| Christus Mother Frances Hospital Tyler, TX · Christus Health | 61 | $355,131.97 | $35,176.31 | $31,668.61 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 22 | 482 | $316,757.78 | $33,298.16 |
| North Carolina | 16 | 367 | $200,095.57 | $35,816.92 |
| Texas | 14 | 304 | $388,664.86 | $33,249.22 |
| New York | 11 | 276 |
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.
| 58 |
| $305,369.86 |
| $40,470.50 |
| $35,225.19 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 56 | $277,911.27 | $34,674.30 | $32,746.39 |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK · Oklahoma Heart Hospital | 51 | $157,772.18 | $35,488.25 | $29,237.90 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 49 | $223,840.78 | $34,641.39 | $32,786.37 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 47 | $170,581.15 | $51,034.02 | $43,664.85 |
| University of MD St Joseph Medical Center Towson, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 46 | $63,235.04 | $56,371.67 | $52,290.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Nashville, TN · Ascension | 46 | $233,380.41 | $39,487.85 | $33,887.20 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME · MaineHealth | 43 | $169,205.81 | $61,754.88 | $32,261.35 |
| Carolina East Medical Center New Bern, NC · CarolinaEast Health System | 42 | $147,966.38 | $43,927.74 | $42,412.31 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 42 | $222,893.90 | $42,135.86 | $27,417.05 |
| Aultman Hospital Canton, OH · Aultman Health Foundation | 41 | $128,768.37 | $44,485.37 | $26,097.27 |
| Kansas Heart Hospital Wichita, KS | 40 | $67,187.35 | $30,686.53 | $29,176.93 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc Gainesville, GA · Northeast Georgia Health System | 40 | $350,545.53 | $53,060.98 | $43,252.85 |
| Promedica Toledo Hospital Toledo, OH · ProMedica | 39 | $278,956.97 | $41,377.87 | $31,672.36 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 38 | $248,346.05 | $53,265.03 | $37,647.76 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 38 | $129,055.08 | $61,605.39 | $44,660.05 |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC Little Rock, AR | 38 | $95,788.00 | $32,060.24 | $28,396.74 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 38 | $263,972.08 | $45,276.74 | $32,988.16 |
| Wakemed, Raleigh Campus Raleigh, NC · WakeMed Health and Hospitals | 38 | $197,116.32 | $42,549.50 | $34,700.97 |
| SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison, WI · SSM Health | 36 | $192,113.33 | $38,284.50 | $36,391.92 |
| Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota Sioux Falls, SD · Avera Health | 36 | $200,835.61 | $35,409.83 | $33,869.39 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 34 | $401,907.00 | $51,509.18 | $34,550.82 |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FL · Community Health Systems | 33 | $499,267.03 | $33,778.82 | $32,196.27 |
| $229,965.67 |
| $42,782.68 |
| Ohio | 11 | 222 | $258,250.46 | $33,764.43 |
| California | 13 | 217 | $390,964.16 | $47,982.92 |
| Tennessee | 10 | 209 | $243,019.22 | $32,970.64 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 203 | $279,108.90 | $33,418.02 |
| Georgia | 10 | 183 | $271,825.93 | $36,585.20 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 179 | $238,514.22 | $29,704.43 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 172 | $224,365.60 | $37,016.17 |
| Missouri | 9 | 164 | $186,667.55 | $32,468.61 |
| Maryland | 7 | 164 | $71,044.76 | $56,664.12 |
| Illinois | 10 | 156 | $243,964.76 | $33,639.40 |
| New Jersey | 7 | 152 | $285,324.84 | $41,396.57 |
| Alabama | 7 | 125 | $223,320.13 | $28,491.82 |
| Indiana | 7 | 122 | $244,775.47 | $36,331.20 |
| Virginia | 8 | 121 | $183,993.62 | $32,385.75 |
| Arizona | 7 | 116 | $234,958.40 | $39,686.81 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 114 | $175,182.91 | $35,256.89 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 111 | $141,611.49 | $49,231.25 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 106 | $144,245.60 | $28,753.09 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 84 | $228,453.92 | $29,814.64 |
| Michigan | 5 | 84 | $151,325.94 | $35,044.50 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 83 | $143,750.86 | $30,004.67 |
| Maine | 3 | 79 | $173,407.51 | $32,409.08 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 74 | $204,106.03 | $35,785.58 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 73 | $187,194.85 | $30,294.64 |
| Washington | 4 | 73 | $342,806.38 | $44,851.15 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 71 | $252,282.34 | $37,500.04 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 68 | $178,570.38 | $42,527.47 |
| Kansas | 3 | 67 | $101,352.09 | $29,386.97 |
| Iowa | 4 | 62 | $228,887.35 | $35,229.81 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 55 | $223,594.84 | $37,420.22 |
| Oregon | 3 | 50 | $193,282.56 | $47,354.28 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 48 | $171,297.29 | $35,148.98 |
| Delaware | 1 | 47 | $170,581.15 | $43,664.85 |
| Idaho | 3 | 39 | $283,217.54 | $38,991.79 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 37 | $133,202.24 | $35,283.43 |
| Utah | 2 | 31 | $182,400.06 | $37,347.58 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 30 | $177,559.50 | $38,077.90 |
| Alaska | 1 | 26 | $360,429.92 | $43,638.31 |
| Montana | 2 | 25 | $134,448.16 | $34,152.08 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 23 | $381,205.70 | $33,360.57 |
| Nevada | 1 | 18 | $506,750.94 | $41,876.06 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $171,465.71 | $10,111.36 |