Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$10,022.34
2024
Average charge
$56,494.88
Hospital list price
Stays
304,694
2,587 hospitals
Medicare paid
$3.05B
For these stays
For DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc), Medicare paid $10,022.34 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $56,494.88 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $12,050.40. In 2023 Medicare paid $9,643.23.
304,694 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 291 at 2,587 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $3.05B for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 291 ($15,187.72) and Vermont the lowest ($6,452.40).
Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 291 in 2024: 1,217, with an average Medicare payment of $8,763.43.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 1,217 | $84,092.86 | $11,391.30 | $8,763.43 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 958 | $152,227.29 | $20,822.13 | $15,536.51 |
| Methodist Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 242 | 26,326 | $100,238.98 | $13,305.15 |
| Florida | 159 | 23,351 | $67,596.24 | $9,083.83 |
| Texas | 192 | 20,075 | $68,208.01 | $10,119.60 |
| New York | 120 | 16,490 |
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.
| 831 |
| $96,091.87 |
| $10,167.09 |
| $8,499.88 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 830 | $67,970.93 | $11,706.18 | $9,541.43 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 803 | $41,250.56 | $12,433.39 | $10,047.77 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 785 | $128,515.51 | $19,264.31 | $14,673.19 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 778 | $45,655.02 | $9,298.73 | $7,904.92 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 741 | $15,202.63 | $14,104.62 | $12,946.71 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 716 | $26,277.20 | $11,002.11 | $9,643.94 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 644 | $74,871.58 | $11,541.02 | $9,758.51 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 641 | $19,319.07 | $10,419.77 | $9,317.55 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 628 | $113,063.23 | $13,852.72 | $11,710.73 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 617 | $49,868.99 | $12,420.26 | $10,629.28 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 601 | $24,149.47 | $14,553.16 | $11,836.25 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 593 | $73,308.13 | $11,255.05 | $9,284.58 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 592 | $47,281.19 | $9,812.66 | $8,299.79 |
| Lee Memorial Hospital Fort Myers, FL · Lee Health | 580 | $46,513.73 | $10,454.97 | $9,026.72 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 575 | $233,053.52 | $19,504.45 | $15,363.69 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · Corewell Health | 559 | $41,751.83 | $12,234.49 | $9,415.09 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 557 | $39,340.28 | $9,127.00 | $7,606.31 |
| West Jersey Hospital Voorhees, NJ · Virtua Health | 554 | $103,155.55 | $10,649.04 | $9,267.46 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 549 | $55,880.89 | $9,922.93 | $7,710.13 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 518 | $32,725.87 | $9,545.74 | $7,984.32 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 514 | $107,742.17 | $18,615.12 | $14,684.04 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 513 | $91,730.46 | $14,275.93 | $10,536.67 |
| $81,326.66 |
| $12,810.19 |
| Pennsylvania | 113 | 15,255 | $56,889.30 | $9,034.27 |
| Illinois | 102 | 15,054 | $46,368.65 | $9,527.60 |
| Ohio | 103 | 12,241 | $43,097.69 | $8,562.13 |
| Massachusetts | 48 | 11,387 | $30,450.61 | $10,930.46 |
| New Jersey | 60 | 11,041 | $97,482.82 | $10,759.69 |
| Virginia | 69 | 10,175 | $40,772.33 | $8,745.33 |
| North Carolina | 75 | 9,507 | $35,861.14 | $9,195.66 |
| Michigan | 78 | 9,422 | $35,869.59 | $9,334.94 |
| Georgia | 78 | 9,106 | $53,012.96 | $9,713.67 |
| Maryland | 41 | 7,932 | $18,459.00 | $15,187.72 |
| Indiana | 69 | 7,090 | $40,642.07 | $8,784.79 |
| Missouri | 57 | 6,847 | $46,628.93 | $8,852.52 |
| Tennessee | 62 | 6,623 | $46,322.27 | $8,187.82 |
| South Carolina | 47 | 5,966 | $45,757.21 | $8,757.01 |
| Washington | 44 | 5,302 | $53,435.75 | $9,970.53 |
| Arizona | 48 | 4,873 | $59,947.99 | $9,476.29 |
| Kentucky | 53 | 4,869 | $40,750.77 | $8,065.85 |
| Wisconsin | 58 | 4,850 | $39,597.23 | $8,799.20 |
| Louisiana | 51 | 4,664 | $41,669.31 | $7,984.44 |
| Minnesota | 44 | 4,271 | $40,420.49 | $9,886.82 |
| Alabama | 48 | 4,207 | $44,772.00 | $8,098.11 |
| Oklahoma | 48 | 4,164 | $45,034.74 | $8,507.24 |
| Connecticut | 25 | 3,928 | $51,456.30 | $11,646.40 |
| Mississippi | 38 | 3,595 | $43,112.58 | $8,001.70 |
| Arkansas | 32 | 3,256 | $37,416.61 | $7,950.67 |
| Iowa | 27 | 2,832 | $34,992.47 | $8,228.04 |
| Kansas | 32 | 2,692 | $53,034.12 | $8,469.78 |
| Colorado | 37 | 2,492 | $72,214.06 | $9,303.58 |
| Oregon | 28 | 2,466 | $40,689.94 | $11,100.70 |
| Nevada | 18 | 2,288 | $102,477.03 | $10,584.69 |
| West Virginia | 21 | 2,071 | $39,104.72 | $8,257.61 |
| Delaware | 6 | 1,767 | $37,606.64 | $9,753.12 |
| Nebraska | 20 | 1,742 | $36,928.17 | $8,880.94 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 1,723 | $39,842.25 | $9,448.52 |
| Utah | 23 | 1,228 | $44,384.89 | $9,131.29 |
| New Mexico | 19 | 1,162 | $49,504.58 | $9,480.08 |
| Maine | 13 | 943 | $40,827.23 | $9,903.59 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 927 | $37,533.97 | $10,209.30 |
| South Dakota | 11 | 888 | $44,345.10 | $9,353.80 |
| Idaho | 11 | 885 | $47,245.88 | $9,113.55 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 842 | $30,964.59 | $8,876.13 |
| Montana | 10 | 805 | $30,605.97 | $9,130.58 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 746 | $74,957.77 | $11,710.40 |
| Hawaii | 11 | 745 | $51,872.75 | $12,606.80 |
| Alaska | 7 | 537 | $89,856.49 | $14,503.41 |
| Vermont | 6 | 530 | $31,756.14 | $6,452.40 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 453 | $33,783.55 | $12,596.79 |