Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$9,267.30
2024
Average charge
$58,239.85
Hospital list price
Stays
4,774
296 hospitals
Medicare paid
$44.2M
For these stays
For DRG 304 (hypertension with mcc), Medicare paid $9,267.30 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $58,239.85 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $11,589.21. In 2023 Medicare paid $8,988.44.
4,774 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 304 at 296 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $44.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 304 ($13,807.36) and Arkansas the lowest ($6,725.82).
Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 304 in 2024: 84, with an average Medicare payment of $7,371.18.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 84 | $85,582.63 | $10,583.96 | $7,371.18 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 61 | $89,119.16 | $9,545.43 | $7,452.34 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 36 | 588 | $65,463.98 | $8,301.54 |
| Florida | 29 | 546 | $67,051.12 | $8,765.58 |
| California | 20 | 311 | $78,067.90 | $12,004.67 |
| Georgia | 18 | 280 |
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 |
| $55,837.87 |
| $10,063.87 |
| $7,661.67 |
| Southern California Hospital at Hollywood Hollywood, CA · Prospect Medical Holdings | 38 | $73,681.50 | $12,449.53 | $11,140.47 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute New Orleans, LA · Ochsner Health | 37 | $37,649.22 | $10,681.78 | $7,867.95 |
| Uf Health Shands Hospital Gainesville, FL · UF Health | 35 | $65,867.29 | $12,185.63 | $9,207.71 |
| Jackson Health System Miami, FL · Jackson Health System | 32 | $51,594.00 | $20,250.56 | $17,558.41 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 32 | $53,038.13 | $9,538.00 | $8,213.69 |
| St Bernards Medical Center Jonesboro, AR · Saint Bernards Healthcare | 32 | $21,203.03 | $7,751.88 | $6,359.13 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · Montefiore Medical Center | 31 | $129,122.90 | $18,640.06 | $13,876.87 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 29 | $47,956.66 | $8,406.55 | $6,845.97 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 28 | $26,211.29 | $23,309.04 | $19,525.86 |
| Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT · Hartford Healthcare | 27 | $80,152.85 | $15,664.00 | $12,782.30 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 27 | $36,076.63 | $8,271.78 | $7,119.63 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 27 | $30,407.56 | $13,223.00 | $9,502.04 |
| Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore, MD · MedStar Health | 26 | $15,154.46 | $13,462.69 | $11,689.46 |
| Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI · Corewell Health | 26 | $40,071.23 | $11,156.54 | $9,147.12 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 26 | $64,545.65 | $11,350.08 | $8,812.04 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 25 | $99,807.40 | $15,392.64 | $12,623.28 |
| Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Ann Arbor, MI · Trinity Health | 25 | $35,830.52 | $9,684.80 | $7,641.92 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 25 | $52,292.16 | $10,526.40 | $6,599.08 |
| United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls, TX · United Regional Health Care System | 25 | $30,511.08 | $9,685.76 | $8,576.00 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · Prime Healthcare | 25 | $48,101.20 | $13,126.68 | $11,000.92 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 24 | $57,069.63 | $12,677.58 | $9,058.83 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · Corewell Health | 24 | $41,310.83 | $10,662.38 | $8,515.13 |
| $61,450.55 |
| $8,726.86 |
| New York | 14 | 246 | $92,322.39 | $12,938.04 |
| Maryland | 14 | 240 | $17,476.64 | $13,807.36 |
| Illinois | 11 | 186 | $53,327.96 | $8,726.20 |
| Michigan | 10 | 178 | $37,167.99 | $8,521.19 |
| North Carolina | 11 | 177 | $40,996.60 | $8,476.15 |
| New Jersey | 10 | 169 | $76,949.28 | $9,481.92 |
| Virginia | 10 | 137 | $48,067.55 | $7,743.53 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 124 | $46,127.21 | $7,305.58 |
| Ohio | 8 | 120 | $49,561.88 | $8,245.51 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 112 | $45,886.43 | $8,428.98 |
| Indiana | 8 | 100 | $50,836.56 | $7,934.39 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 98 | $41,773.68 | $10,575.99 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 98 | $57,523.47 | $8,820.45 |
| Nevada | 7 | 97 | $110,172.45 | $9,247.24 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 93 | $34,179.06 | $6,725.82 |
| Arizona | 7 | 89 | $47,993.30 | $9,498.51 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 86 | $37,065.72 | $7,150.81 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 81 | $34,860.72 | $7,461.74 |
| Missouri | 5 | 74 | $54,288.91 | $8,117.20 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 74 | $58,320.91 | $11,242.49 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 56 | $51,414.05 | $7,644.63 |
| Washington | 4 | 52 | $52,879.52 | $9,147.00 |
| Delaware | 3 | 50 | $40,370.36 | $8,979.40 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 47 | $94,597.23 | $10,699.66 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 43 | $41,529.12 | $8,443.81 |
| Alabama | 3 | 41 | $55,323.54 | $8,458.76 |
| Kansas | 3 | 41 | $84,860.24 | $7,372.56 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 38 | $34,802.24 | $7,135.39 |
| Iowa | 1 | 18 | $48,042.61 | $6,406.89 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 14 | $55,368.29 | $7,171.07 |
| Utah | 1 | 12 | $63,231.83 | $8,297.58 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 12 | $36,737.17 | $7,134.50 |
| Maine | 1 | 12 | $76,155.33 | $11,491.67 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 11 | $50,195.64 | $11,121.09 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 11 | $50,191.36 | $10,133.09 |