Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$13,215.89
2024
Average charge
$88,201.71
Hospital list price
Stays
4,007
241 hospitals
Medicare paid
$53.0M
For these stays
For DRG 244 (permanent cardiac pacemaker implant without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $13,215.89 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $88,201.71 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $16,288.46. In 2023 Medicare paid $13,465.52.
4,007 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 244 at 241 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $53.0M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 244 ($19,793.94) and Arkansas the lowest ($9,812.56).
Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX had the most Medicare stays for DRG 244 in 2024: 46, with an average Medicare payment of $11,849.17.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 46 | $137,119.89 | $14,092.54 | $11,849.17 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, NC · Novant Health | 42 | $60,103.67 | $15,238.21 | $13,831.19 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 25 | 406 | $109,076.81 | $12,028.24 |
| New York | 17 | 261 | $96,619.08 | $15,838.00 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 260 | $72,186.34 | $12,395.10 |
| Texas | 12 | 200 |
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.
| 39 |
| $88,602.87 |
| $13,666.87 |
| $12,194.69 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 39 | $60,584.44 | $17,082.38 | $13,911.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital Mesa, AZ · Banner Health | 38 | $76,221.32 | $14,247.63 | $11,081.39 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 37 | $110,056.46 | $17,648.89 | $16,110.05 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 37 | $104,944.86 | $15,448.84 | $13,450.73 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 33 | $86,316.97 | $15,251.70 | $12,469.27 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 33 | $66,409.82 | $13,699.24 | $10,929.39 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME · MaineHealth | 32 | $60,639.34 | $17,304.69 | $11,906.72 |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC Oklahoma City, OK · Oklahoma Heart Hospital | 32 | $47,920.34 | $12,599.56 | $9,747.00 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 31 | $93,744.74 | $13,966.94 | $12,373.03 |
| Orlando Health Orlando, FL · Orlando Health | 30 | $144,395.47 | $18,641.27 | $12,884.80 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 29 | $52,518.14 | $16,365.83 | $14,072.10 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 29 | $111,095.03 | $21,853.90 | $17,184.69 |
| Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis, MA · Cape Cod Healthcare | 28 | $66,818.07 | $18,819.71 | $17,291.75 |
| Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT · Hartford Healthcare | 27 | $64,701.11 | $23,944.00 | $13,785.44 |
| Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland, OR · Providence | 27 | $57,659.74 | $20,323.81 | $12,577.00 |
| Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington, VT · University of Vermont Health Network | 26 | $63,080.00 | $12,517.08 | $6,329.77 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 26 | $98,924.38 | $17,876.92 | $14,148.81 |
| Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD · MedStar Health | 26 | $20,244.73 | $18,116.65 | $15,639.54 |
| ECU Health Medical Center Greenville, NC · ECU Health | 26 | $44,189.27 | $16,005.92 | $13,129.27 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 25 | $159,267.84 | $17,598.76 | $12,826.56 |
| Cjw Medical Center Richmond, VA · HCA Healthcare | 25 | $287,279.12 | $12,581.16 | $11,135.00 |
| Piedmont Hospital, Inc Atlanta, GA · Piedmont Healthcare | 24 | $91,165.83 | $16,689.63 | $11,626.63 |
| $129,771.82 |
| $12,541.59 |
| Virginia | 11 | 191 | $101,211.83 | $12,818.05 |
| California | 11 | 175 | $151,888.09 | $17,907.10 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 160 | $97,761.66 | $12,140.48 |
| Ohio | 10 | 145 | $68,476.60 | $12,270.30 |
| Arizona | 7 | 140 | $96,657.14 | $11,861.21 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 138 | $109,851.76 | $12,842.44 |
| Maryland | 8 | 133 | $25,110.80 | $19,793.94 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | 107 | $56,692.50 | $16,952.98 |
| New Jersey | 5 | 102 | $108,986.42 | $14,783.96 |
| Tennessee | 7 | 100 | $87,389.64 | $11,404.27 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 99 | $80,009.56 | $13,836.69 |
| Illinois | 6 | 90 | $87,063.31 | $11,826.43 |
| Georgia | 5 | 86 | $90,616.30 | $12,995.95 |
| Oregon | 3 | 66 | $68,518.68 | $14,247.71 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 64 | $75,035.13 | $10,461.67 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 64 | $64,112.22 | $12,194.44 |
| Alabama | 3 | 62 | $64,787.45 | $11,386.92 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 61 | $68,290.61 | $13,913.49 |
| Indiana | 4 | 61 | $79,886.66 | $11,384.62 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 58 | $75,464.34 | $10,042.43 |
| Kansas | 4 | 57 | $70,874.26 | $11,104.84 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 54 | $47,746.37 | $9,812.56 |
| Delaware | 2 | 53 | $61,837.25 | $13,545.81 |
| Michigan | 4 | 51 | $66,709.55 | $11,851.04 |
| Iowa | 3 | 49 | $65,349.29 | $11,523.33 |
| Montana | 4 | 49 | $51,012.37 | $13,120.53 |
| Washington | 4 | 49 | $80,796.39 | $14,263.10 |
| Maine | 2 | 48 | $71,778.42 | $12,128.10 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 43 | $79,244.60 | $12,064.72 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 41 | $60,791.32 | $14,853.49 |
| Missouri | 3 | 37 | $58,020.11 | $13,025.70 |
| Nevada | 2 | 33 | $182,060.03 | $15,163.58 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 30 | $77,604.60 | $10,154.13 |
| Vermont | 1 | 26 | $63,080.00 | $6,329.77 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 23 | $77,653.13 | $10,461.96 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 20 | $91,531.35 | $16,173.65 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 20 | $62,419.80 | $10,667.65 |
| Idaho | 1 | 19 | $50,456.53 | $12,594.32 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 18 | $64,338.39 | $15,480.33 |
| Alaska | 1 | 16 | $98,942.44 | $14,478.38 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 16 | $58,748.63 | $12,051.06 |
| Utah | 1 | 13 | $41,671.08 | $13,664.15 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 13 | $67,669.15 | $11,690.62 |