Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$52,994.82
2024
Average charge
$285,418.50
Hospital list price
Stays
23,630
533 hospitals
Medicare paid
$1.25B
For these stays
For DRG 266 (endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures with mcc), Medicare paid $52,994.82 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $285,418.50 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $57,249.40. In 2023 Medicare paid $53,809.38.
23,630 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 266 at 533 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $1.25B for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 266 ($94,531.72) and Mississippi the lowest ($39,744.71).
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 266 in 2024: 434, with an average Medicare payment of $70,525.39.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 434 | $661,468.50 | $74,776.83 | $70,525.39 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 286 | $178,036.40 | $55,275.31 | $51,123.61 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 52 | 2,347 | $416,071.63 | $70,954.14 |
| Florida | 51 | 2,221 | $314,965.31 | $44,903.51 |
| Texas | 38 | 1,869 | $371,148.86 | $46,009.33 |
| New York | 23 | 1,629 |
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.
| 274 |
| $465,906.67 |
| $79,271.54 |
| $73,041.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill Seattle, WA · Providence | 273 | $273,416.55 | $64,112.59 | $55,439.99 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 244 | $398,965.74 | $84,864.32 | $76,823.98 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 215 | $196,086.53 | $53,826.95 | $50,003.84 |
| Piedmont Hospital, Inc Atlanta, GA · Piedmont Healthcare | 211 | $317,526.83 | $53,123.86 | $42,666.69 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 206 | $193,121.43 | $45,939.17 | $41,426.42 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 196 | $245,368.27 | $74,300.31 | $69,784.77 |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, VA · Sentara Healthcare | 191 | $159,796.46 | $52,066.20 | $46,718.35 |
| Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau, WI · Aspirus | 161 | $122,507.88 | $43,564.61 | $42,911.20 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 155 | $322,606.92 | $59,686.13 | $57,049.47 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 148 | $650,002.52 | $47,104.24 | $43,118.21 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 148 | $491,058.51 | $55,230.05 | $47,171.95 |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Denver, CO · Intermountain Health | 147 | $399,873.07 | $55,487.18 | $53,958.32 |
| Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 147 | $206,809.49 | $45,847.05 | $44,193.24 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA · Emory University | 147 | $171,667.50 | $52,000.33 | $49,708.83 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 144 | $256,904.01 | $82,719.07 | $78,097.69 |
| Prov Sacred Hrt Med Ctr & Childs Hosp. Spokane, WA · Providence | 143 | $141,139.29 | $54,170.06 | $48,266.79 |
| Forrest General Hospital Hattiesburg, MS · Forrest Health | 142 | $151,152.42 | $39,708.08 | $38,927.77 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 140 | $423,030.29 | $60,011.29 | $52,427.46 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX · Texas Health Resources | 134 | $159,756.34 | $45,744.75 | $44,263.23 |
| Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville, TN · Covenant Health | 133 | $250,337.26 | $39,512.60 | $38,197.62 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 132 | $486,090.53 | $67,559.63 | $61,022.95 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · Eisenhower Health | 132 | $181,539.91 | $68,497.80 | $66,002.58 |
| $336,462.35 |
| $67,082.14 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | 999 | $309,077.72 | $52,498.32 |
| Washington | 13 | 905 | $234,921.27 | $52,906.18 |
| Virginia | 13 | 802 | $221,501.68 | $48,546.34 |
| Georgia | 14 | 768 | $274,100.31 | $45,746.52 |
| New Jersey | 13 | 723 | $367,047.52 | $56,805.67 |
| Ohio | 13 | 683 | $204,706.42 | $49,034.46 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 683 | $205,211.80 | $69,139.14 |
| Illinois | 19 | 640 | $286,315.55 | $51,856.78 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 616 | $275,431.16 | $42,120.08 |
| South Carolina | 12 | 570 | $257,502.22 | $45,477.00 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 533 | $196,033.29 | $55,765.17 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 497 | $197,925.31 | $47,721.00 |
| Missouri | 13 | 475 | $232,880.04 | $44,459.50 |
| Colorado | 10 | 453 | $320,443.17 | $48,954.78 |
| Indiana | 13 | 444 | $219,546.43 | $43,922.13 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 443 | $233,951.12 | $48,657.51 |
| Arizona | 15 | 414 | $333,221.42 | $51,679.67 |
| Michigan | 13 | 359 | $212,362.28 | $52,636.21 |
| Alabama | 10 | 356 | $261,958.92 | $39,835.95 |
| Oregon | 7 | 346 | $187,249.74 | $56,863.01 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 296 | $159,496.20 | $39,744.71 |
| Kansas | 4 | 268 | $289,432.48 | $44,861.74 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 263 | $185,947.43 | $40,648.88 |
| Maryland | 8 | 259 | $107,762.46 | $94,531.72 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 253 | $184,248.39 | $62,172.85 |
| Nevada | 7 | 239 | $409,387.51 | $53,601.54 |
| Iowa | 6 | 225 | $197,285.95 | $44,694.87 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 208 | $141,372.70 | $39,928.90 |
| Montana | 4 | 202 | $125,799.52 | $45,887.27 |
| Utah | 6 | 181 | $189,105.13 | $46,084.70 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 146 | $348,637.66 | $49,742.18 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 145 | $157,901.12 | $45,478.37 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 138 | $233,745.07 | $41,648.80 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 116 | $239,109.55 | $57,112.09 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 107 | $266,278.13 | $49,005.91 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 106 | $295,596.56 | $62,575.62 |
| Delaware | 2 | 95 | $285,332.81 | $66,049.55 |
| Maine | 2 | 89 | $270,858.83 | $53,171.18 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 80 | $270,731.39 | $42,277.44 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 74 | $243,698.30 | $46,266.77 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 68 | $183,379.60 | $46,911.28 |
| Idaho | 2 | 62 | $146,576.68 | $45,447.63 |
| Vermont | 1 | 58 | $220,831.97 | $42,006.76 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 56 | $158,629.32 | $59,940.32 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 46 | $206,157.61 | $59,553.17 |
| Alaska | 1 | 40 | $268,966.13 | $54,023.73 |