Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$45,289.81
2024
Average charge
$287,145.96
Hospital list price
Stays
8,759
330 hospitals
Medicare paid
$396.7M
For these stays
For DRG 235 (coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization with mcc), Medicare paid $45,289.81 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $287,145.96 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $56,400.90. In 2023 Medicare paid $45,084.50.
8,759 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 235 at 330 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $396.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 235 ($85,491.88) and Arkansas the lowest ($36,116.69).
Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC had the most Medicare stays for DRG 235 in 2024: 142, with an average Medicare payment of $52,480.15.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 142 | $195,968.30 | $68,033.56 | $52,480.15 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Nashville, TN · Ascension | 124 | $222,056.97 | $45,445.79 | $40,310.64 |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 31 | 946 | $298,672.22 | $38,727.65 |
| Florida | 30 | 621 | $382,211.62 | $38,392.12 |
| New York | 16 | 507 | $306,409.02 | $56,600.09 |
| California | 20 | 428 |
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.
| 117 |
| $216,726.21 |
| $56,567.98 |
| $40,216.97 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 103 | $379,640.08 | $54,950.84 | $45,731.70 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 100 | $383,217.12 | $88,227.39 | $61,755.28 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 98 | $265,530.70 | $65,161.77 | $58,181.34 |
| The Heart Hospital Baylor Denton Denton, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 96 | $132,115.98 | $42,491.96 | $30,889.38 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 89 | $265,221.00 | $71,368.85 | $59,279.03 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 79 | $265,144.78 | $56,306.14 | $38,754.57 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 78 | $253,425.79 | $66,450.27 | $46,734.56 |
| Bryan Medical Center Lincoln, NE · Bryan Health | 77 | $174,332.71 | $46,532.22 | $33,686.61 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 77 | $150,380.74 | $56,836.88 | $38,645.60 |
| CHI-St Vincent Infirmary Little Rock, AR · CommonSpirit Health | 76 | $203,202.50 | $42,042.33 | $39,033.99 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 72 | $189,545.06 | $75,386.63 | $58,609.26 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 72 | $177,304.81 | $55,868.15 | $44,495.86 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 70 | $345,158.89 | $78,988.56 | $58,184.71 |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK · Oklahoma Heart Hospital | 70 | $189,355.09 | $37,724.83 | $34,801.20 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 65 | $350,643.66 | $54,140.43 | $36,025.43 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 65 | $385,247.88 | $74,266.83 | $49,706.20 |
| Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines, IA · Trinity Health | 64 | $195,505.78 | $41,006.41 | $35,837.39 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 63 | $348,952.16 | $59,927.03 | $50,568.13 |
| Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 62 | $163,772.85 | $56,149.58 | $34,641.47 |
| Baylor St Lukes Medical Center Houston, TX · CommonSpirit Health | 61 | $300,658.02 | $54,263.67 | $39,121.82 |
| St Vincent Heart Center Carmel, IN · Ascension | 60 | $198,416.20 | $40,988.97 | $39,955.87 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 58 | $327,134.84 | $70,414.41 | $50,354.16 |
| $587,665.05 |
| $68,077.09 |
| Virginia | 12 | 398 | $299,529.65 | $42,684.50 |
| Illinois | 15 | 395 | $251,050.83 | $45,050.76 |
| Tennessee | 13 | 385 | $263,590.68 | $39,553.93 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 371 | $193,657.25 | $56,070.46 |
| Ohio | 10 | 365 | $219,709.62 | $40,356.17 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | 352 | $341,980.62 | $45,015.23 |
| New Jersey | 8 | 311 | $334,022.52 | $49,105.02 |
| Georgia | 9 | 221 | $294,393.18 | $45,035.92 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 185 | $227,176.85 | $36,234.68 |
| North Carolina | 11 | 183 | $196,365.93 | $39,300.19 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 175 | $176,696.22 | $37,648.55 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 175 | $239,519.46 | $53,433.73 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 166 | $227,497.70 | $39,213.14 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 161 | $213,924.78 | $49,743.10 |
| Missouri | 8 | 155 | $230,169.16 | $42,738.86 |
| Alabama | 4 | 152 | $267,014.57 | $37,620.64 |
| Iowa | 4 | 138 | $188,075.38 | $38,346.82 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 135 | $201,859.70 | $39,739.01 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 135 | $349,063.42 | $43,456.61 |
| Michigan | 8 | 134 | $196,246.30 | $44,266.31 |
| Arizona | 9 | 134 | $459,145.89 | $47,081.17 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 134 | $177,161.26 | $36,116.69 |
| Washington | 7 | 134 | $314,474.49 | $47,734.68 |
| Kansas | 3 | 107 | $293,371.16 | $41,046.49 |
| Maryland | 5 | 106 | $98,389.45 | $85,491.88 |
| Oregon | 4 | 105 | $238,842.03 | $50,392.38 |
| Indiana | 4 | 104 | $235,065.57 | $39,151.63 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 80 | $234,066.73 | $39,382.91 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 80 | $188,424.22 | $47,852.64 |
| Nevada | 4 | 62 | $576,790.32 | $47,142.92 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 61 | $141,251.03 | $39,174.87 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 56 | $246,419.64 | $39,727.46 |
| Colorado | 3 | 48 | $414,887.90 | $47,322.56 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 44 | $204,200.11 | $47,062.43 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 39 | $162,610.41 | $36,293.54 |
| Utah | 3 | 38 | $197,875.29 | $43,171.97 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 36 | $181,298.75 | $52,290.11 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 30 | $268,907.90 | $40,835.37 |
| Montana | 1 | 29 | $129,838.97 | $37,403.00 |
| Vermont | 1 | 27 | $133,766.52 | $37,846.30 |
| Maine | 1 | 23 | $214,032.48 | $46,530.96 |
| Delaware | 1 | 21 | $183,640.90 | $50,266.67 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 20 | $230,409.80 | $37,520.10 |
| Alaska | 1 | 18 | $402,243.33 | $53,675.22 |
| Idaho | 1 | 15 | $219,382.40 | $44,609.20 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 14 | $132,317.93 | $44,000.64 |