Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$16,921.05
2024
Average charge
$129,135.21
Hospital list price
Stays
196
11 hospitals
Medicare paid
$3.3M
For these stays
For DRG 261 (cardiac pacemaker revision except device replacement with cc), Medicare paid $16,921.05 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $129,135.21 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $20,493.05. In 2023 Medicare paid $16,647.07.
196 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 261 at 11 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $3.3M for them.
NYU Langone Hospitals in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 261 in 2024: 40, with an average Medicare payment of $20,929.48.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 40 | $203,454.65 | $26,850.98 | $20,929.48 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 26 | $128,997.04 | $23,770.92 | $21,106.31 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 4 | 101 | $160,259.48 | $19,785.67 |
| Florida | 1 | 20 | $103,646.25 | $12,506.85 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 19 | $138,234.32 | $17,152.11 |
| Maine | 1 | 12 |
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.
| 22 |
| $150,041.77 |
| $25,273.59 |
| $18,326.14 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 20 | $103,646.25 | $16,533.20 | $12,506.85 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 19 | $138,234.32 | $18,504.00 | $17,152.11 |
| Ns/Lij Hs Southside Hospital Bay Shore, NY · Northwell Health | 13 | $107,167.62 | $17,693.54 | $16,095.00 |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · Northern Light Health | 12 | $79,381.50 | $14,217.75 | $12,704.25 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 11 | $57,023.73 | $15,405.18 | $14,069.91 |
| St Johns Hospital Springfield, IL · Hospital Sisters Health System | 11 | $110,889.18 | $16,881.82 | $12,566.00 |
| Carolina East Medical Center New Bern, NC · CarolinaEast Health System | 11 | $33,591.45 | $15,804.18 | $14,320.55 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 11 | $114,162.91 | $14,242.09 | $12,652.09 |
| $79,381.50 |
| $12,704.25 |
| Texas | 1 | 11 | $114,162.91 | $12,652.09 |
| Illinois | 1 | 11 | $110,889.18 | $12,566.00 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | $57,023.73 | $14,069.91 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 11 | $33,591.45 | $14,320.55 |