Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$26,961.15
2024
Average charge
$160,491.83
Hospital list price
Stays
9,743
513 hospitals
Medicare paid
$262.7M
For these stays
For DRG 242 (permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with mcc), Medicare paid $26,961.15 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $160,491.83 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $30,573.97. In 2023 Medicare paid $26,501.96.
9,743 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 242 at 513 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $262.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 242 ($38,085.60) and Arkansas the lowest ($19,884.32).
Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN had the most Medicare stays for DRG 242 in 2024: 75, with an average Medicare payment of $26,053.04.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 75 | $153,604.77 | $29,803.71 | $26,053.04 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 68 | $251,487.01 | $26,582.76 | $21,670.71 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 46 | 828 | $196,693.87 | $23,127.75 |
| Texas | 41 | 774 | $208,700.23 | $23,831.28 |
| California | 44 | 667 | $247,294.78 | $36,158.89 |
| Pennsylvania | 25 | 530 |
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.
| 56 |
| $306,098.41 |
| $42,983.50 |
| $39,018.84 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 53 | $82,568.94 | $30,317.64 | $25,877.17 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 53 | $119,531.66 | $43,905.87 | $37,547.47 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 52 | $336,230.42 | $58,901.31 | $46,863.40 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 51 | $130,921.29 | $25,219.96 | $23,799.61 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 50 | $178,741.94 | $33,414.48 | $27,555.66 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 47 | $109,823.57 | $54,681.06 | $49,304.38 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 46 | $182,225.87 | $30,341.74 | $26,718.50 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 46 | $245,321.98 | $29,711.30 | $27,960.35 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 46 | $138,016.09 | $39,110.96 | $32,653.87 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 44 | $221,623.52 | $26,858.59 | $23,640.39 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 44 | $92,174.75 | $30,697.43 | $25,161.61 |
| Rex Hospital Raleigh, NC · UNC Health Care System | 43 | $90,533.60 | $24,147.84 | $20,652.44 |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital Greenville, SC · Prisma Health | 43 | $176,102.49 | $30,167.53 | $27,095.91 |
| Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA · Carilion Clinic | 42 | $107,090.88 | $26,875.02 | $22,668.33 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 42 | $95,943.83 | $27,543.31 | $25,540.57 |
| Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 40 | $125,715.73 | $29,673.13 | $23,428.18 |
| Bryan Medical Center Lincoln, NE · Bryan Health | 40 | $108,446.35 | $22,944.03 | $21,629.35 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME · MaineHealth | 39 | $128,587.69 | $34,472.18 | $27,471.46 |
| Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital Lynchburg, VA · Centra Health | 39 | $171,528.92 | $31,651.90 | $26,110.38 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 38 | $50,569.74 | $34,848.00 | $31,300.61 |
| St Johns Hospital Springfield, IL · Hospital Sisters Health System | 37 | $129,533.51 | $27,276.32 | $25,598.38 |
| Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD · Sanford Health | 37 | $124,873.97 | $27,713.73 | $24,758.84 |
| $190,935.13 |
| $26,705.83 |
| New York | 24 | 506 | $201,663.07 | $35,350.94 |
| Virginia | 16 | 397 | $146,363.51 | $24,311.25 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 394 | $101,646.76 | $33,894.97 |
| New Jersey | 18 | 374 | $192,020.81 | $29,754.25 |
| Illinois | 20 | 337 | $123,526.52 | $24,817.03 |
| Ohio | 20 | 332 | $131,981.56 | $25,034.45 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 318 | $118,402.04 | $23,810.08 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 317 | $127,009.90 | $28,516.15 |
| Michigan | 14 | 269 | $115,523.56 | $26,318.24 |
| Indiana | 14 | 254 | $131,805.24 | $23,905.83 |
| Washington | 13 | 245 | $137,007.05 | $28,136.19 |
| Tennessee | 13 | 227 | $146,755.56 | $22,505.72 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 221 | $192,807.30 | $24,571.79 |
| Georgia | 12 | 207 | $181,386.86 | $25,836.69 |
| Arizona | 11 | 183 | $153,926.31 | $25,495.04 |
| Maryland | 10 | 173 | $45,224.80 | $38,085.60 |
| Missouri | 11 | 168 | $107,821.65 | $23,152.32 |
| Iowa | 7 | 137 | $100,165.26 | $23,370.16 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 130 | $122,031.80 | $21,374.11 |
| Kansas | 8 | 126 | $158,395.41 | $23,179.36 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 125 | $153,617.10 | $23,088.83 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 112 | $106,650.57 | $25,251.15 |
| Oregon | 5 | 99 | $103,922.38 | $31,073.97 |
| Nevada | 5 | 98 | $273,948.16 | $28,170.92 |
| Utah | 5 | 76 | $151,260.47 | $23,993.67 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 72 | $78,735.40 | $19,884.32 |
| Alabama | 4 | 72 | $172,072.11 | $21,479.56 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 71 | $124,882.52 | $32,783.97 |
| Maine | 2 | 68 | $140,571.88 | $26,710.75 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 66 | $93,993.41 | $21,432.85 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 65 | $88,367.35 | $25,614.09 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 65 | $125,208.26 | $24,927.92 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 61 | $134,579.49 | $23,925.92 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 59 | $115,966.00 | $21,391.58 |
| Delaware | 3 | 58 | $105,721.28 | $27,243.02 |
| Colorado | 4 | 54 | $203,800.85 | $23,577.04 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 53 | $107,364.23 | $21,737.72 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 47 | $94,323.47 | $30,168.96 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 46 | $137,035.74 | $21,160.46 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 46 | $138,016.09 | $32,653.87 |
| Montana | 2 | 45 | $73,504.20 | $24,611.56 |
| Idaho | 2 | 33 | $112,765.36 | $26,710.85 |
| Alaska | 1 | 32 | $195,700.53 | $29,486.06 |
| Vermont | 1 | 31 | $95,475.35 | $15,882.23 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 25 | $91,505.96 | $26,099.60 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 24 | $140,103.37 | $32,874.08 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 13 | $111,502.62 | $30,845.23 |