Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$6,648.56
2024
Average charge
$51,411.00
Hospital list price
Stays
30,631
1,239 hospitals
Medicare paid
$203.7M
For these stays
For DRG 281 (acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc), Medicare paid $6,648.56 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $51,411.00 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,828.73. In 2023 Medicare paid $6,413.13.
30,631 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 281 at 1,239 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $203.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 281 ($10,375.64) and Mississippi the lowest ($5,014.87).
Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 281 in 2024: 175, with an average Medicare payment of $5,972.39.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 175 | $73,312.65 | $8,568.06 | $5,972.39 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 148 | $84,593.02 | $13,239.01 | $10,197.34 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 102 | 3,122 | $67,692.85 | $6,057.84 |
| California | 107 | 2,376 | $85,620.29 | $8,929.90 |
| Texas | 84 | 1,872 | $65,269.91 | $6,485.55 |
| New York | 64 | 1,721 |
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.
| 122 |
| $43,914.52 |
| $7,304.43 |
| $5,710.02 |
| Adventhealth Sebring Sebring, FL · AdventHealth | 115 | $44,086.90 | $7,167.85 | $5,823.23 |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo Fargo, ND · Sanford Health | 110 | $31,231.88 | $7,866.06 | $5,931.06 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson, TN · West Tennessee Healthcare | 107 | $36,752.00 | $7,139.90 | $5,176.36 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 101 | $103,027.33 | $14,433.00 | $9,452.73 |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · Northern Light Health | 91 | $44,000.74 | $9,220.82 | $5,981.57 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 89 | $47,477.15 | $8,533.56 | $5,759.31 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 80 | $77,714.70 | $8,700.53 | $6,290.25 |
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZ · TMC Healthcare | 80 | $36,259.00 | $7,890.20 | $6,138.18 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 79 | $23,353.77 | $10,518.96 | $7,934.62 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 77 | $88,242.52 | $7,971.43 | $5,454.84 |
| Orlando Health Orlando, FL · Orlando Health | 76 | $79,999.04 | $9,881.21 | $7,275.36 |
| Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA · Carilion Clinic | 75 | $39,641.64 | $8,866.63 | $5,853.73 |
| Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston, WV · CAMC Health System | 67 | $46,748.67 | $9,231.97 | $5,574.46 |
| St Josephs Hospital Tampa, FL · Baycare Health System | 67 | $50,430.79 | $8,599.69 | $6,497.12 |
| Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 67 | $36,641.64 | $7,613.87 | $5,687.70 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 66 | $18,422.02 | $7,417.61 | $6,348.15 |
| Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD · Sanford Health | 66 | $40,773.12 | $7,987.42 | $6,054.17 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice North Venice, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 65 | $46,417.25 | $6,001.91 | $4,721.42 |
| Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT · Hartford Healthcare | 65 | $54,768.35 | $11,341.86 | $7,766.92 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 65 | $44,717.29 | $7,262.15 | $5,233.89 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · Sentara Healthcare | 65 | $39,762.25 | $6,952.08 | $5,577.28 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 64 | $28,262.03 | $8,073.72 | $6,066.70 |
| $62,498.12 |
| $9,134.35 |
| Virginia | 39 | 1,234 | $43,106.06 | $5,632.17 |
| Ohio | 55 | 1,161 | $40,815.12 | $5,693.07 |
| Pennsylvania | 53 | 1,075 | $54,735.36 | $6,122.75 |
| Illinois | 49 | 1,063 | $44,732.59 | $6,071.60 |
| Michigan | 43 | 1,048 | $31,962.61 | $6,143.46 |
| Massachusetts | 30 | 1,018 | $29,768.87 | $7,416.97 |
| New Jersey | 36 | 1,017 | $68,649.04 | $6,930.37 |
| Georgia | 42 | 873 | $51,175.05 | $6,644.02 |
| North Carolina | 37 | 843 | $37,023.65 | $6,351.22 |
| Tennessee | 30 | 834 | $44,356.82 | $5,452.01 |
| Washington | 31 | 823 | $44,237.39 | $6,467.56 |
| Maryland | 29 | 782 | $13,248.57 | $10,375.64 |
| Arizona | 26 | 650 | $60,111.01 | $6,217.28 |
| Indiana | 27 | 596 | $41,823.74 | $5,841.24 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 559 | $49,514.63 | $5,908.28 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 469 | $38,029.84 | $6,089.62 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 465 | $32,367.37 | $5,270.22 |
| Kentucky | 21 | 460 | $41,421.52 | $5,210.35 |
| Minnesota | 16 | 426 | $34,257.59 | $6,320.34 |
| Oregon | 17 | 425 | $34,553.69 | $7,481.82 |
| Louisiana | 16 | 417 | $38,776.79 | $5,018.41 |
| Arkansas | 19 | 417 | $31,986.36 | $5,221.68 |
| Missouri | 22 | 397 | $43,825.78 | $5,796.95 |
| Alabama | 15 | 383 | $56,548.30 | $5,326.78 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 361 | $47,867.74 | $6,036.28 |
| Iowa | 15 | 359 | $34,150.69 | $5,326.45 |
| Kansas | 14 | 306 | $54,081.41 | $5,815.50 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 274 | $41,237.65 | $7,623.58 |
| Nevada | 12 | 267 | $88,470.04 | $7,190.54 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 253 | $47,781.12 | $6,521.85 |
| Maine | 7 | 220 | $35,686.78 | $6,524.13 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 206 | $28,951.77 | $5,824.09 |
| Mississippi | 12 | 204 | $42,112.49 | $5,014.87 |
| Colorado | 9 | 179 | $67,083.06 | $6,061.87 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 174 | $39,731.24 | $5,847.90 |
| Idaho | 8 | 161 | $44,955.62 | $6,385.13 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 145 | $39,625.06 | $6,008.61 |
| Montana | 6 | 140 | $25,349.61 | $5,815.79 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 134 | $32,826.31 | $7,225.00 |
| Utah | 5 | 122 | $32,683.22 | $6,272.69 |
| Delaware | 4 | 113 | $38,034.91 | $6,433.69 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 104 | $50,046.18 | $6,169.05 |
| Vermont | 3 | 82 | $23,371.40 | $5,777.33 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 72 | $46,699.04 | $7,842.97 |
| Alaska | 3 | 60 | $91,050.83 | $7,759.07 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 58 | $46,537.09 | $8,253.60 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 45 | $41,252.09 | $8,369.89 |