Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$46,606.17
2024
Average charge
$263,484.95
Hospital list price
Stays
3,853
207 hospitals
Medicare paid
$179.6M
For these stays
For DRG 326 (stomach, esophageal and duodenal procedures with mcc), Medicare paid $46,606.17 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $263,484.95 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $57,449.51. In 2023 Medicare paid $46,918.34.
3,853 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 326 at 207 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $179.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 326 ($69,102.92) and Arkansas the lowest ($31,941.03).
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH had the most Medicare stays for DRG 326 in 2024: 70, with an average Medicare payment of $38,932.61.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 70 | $237,309.61 | $62,079.30 | $38,932.61 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 57 | $252,494.91 | $61,765.04 | $56,033.19 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 18 | 318 | $293,458.31 | $39,654.55 |
| Florida | 12 | 286 | $277,414.99 | $41,560.88 |
| California | 15 | 269 | $504,872.65 | $69,102.92 |
| New York | 13 | 268 |
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.
| 57 |
| $489,745.39 |
| $88,800.47 |
| $75,199.70 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 53 | $316,450.51 | $43,375.83 | $37,006.26 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 53 | $189,299.40 | $89,463.13 | $51,625.30 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 48 | $183,841.58 | $58,276.27 | $49,682.75 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 41 | $239,552.44 | $67,687.15 | $52,130.05 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 39 | $415,390.67 | $76,754.41 | $64,418.85 |
| Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN · Indiana University Health | 39 | $267,980.90 | $56,970.69 | $48,687.62 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 34 | $337,782.94 | $76,540.94 | $55,210.79 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 34 | $801,417.21 | $101,062.97 | $92,722.65 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 32 | $270,144.41 | $44,205.91 | $38,456.84 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 32 | $413,960.38 | $66,606.03 | $51,911.66 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 31 | $279,746.23 | $63,298.23 | $41,918.23 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA · CommonSpirit Health | 31 | $231,652.77 | $68,686.84 | $60,915.84 |
| UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC | 31 | $588,300.58 | $58,415.81 | $39,177.39 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 31 | $820,834.55 | $74,305.00 | $64,676.32 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 31 | $169,785.26 | $62,138.90 | $42,649.84 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 30 | $237,612.27 | $57,132.27 | $42,670.93 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 30 | $231,849.07 | $67,463.33 | $50,212.10 |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Fort Myers, FL · Lee Health | 29 | $223,116.31 | $38,340.93 | $35,615.14 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 29 | $164,705.69 | $34,378.14 | $30,321.59 |
| University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI · UW Health | 29 | $256,436.55 | $68,409.86 | $43,225.62 |
| OHSU Hospital and Clinics Portland, OR · Oregon Health and Science University | 28 | $221,022.71 | $69,606.61 | $58,358.04 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 28 | $473,790.43 | $102,600.18 | $83,928.75 |
| $348,843.43 |
| $60,472.65 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 193 | $186,886.69 | $53,294.68 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 187 | $357,751.16 | $43,012.47 |
| Ohio | 6 | 154 | $227,989.88 | $40,518.52 |
| Virginia | 7 | 134 | $230,869.37 | $42,686.90 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 130 | $170,612.05 | $42,283.28 |
| Tennessee | 7 | 124 | $223,317.69 | $36,840.05 |
| Illinois | 8 | 124 | $234,409.33 | $45,068.33 |
| Georgia | 8 | 118 | $256,240.24 | $42,710.95 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 107 | $201,196.72 | $49,724.46 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 104 | $295,676.04 | $48,235.25 |
| Indiana | 4 | 87 | $205,445.06 | $40,639.24 |
| Washington | 4 | 86 | $260,435.22 | $54,919.94 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 73 | $205,759.23 | $42,646.71 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 72 | $126,126.24 | $31,941.03 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 71 | $247,210.94 | $35,197.52 |
| Missouri | 2 | 65 | $177,313.35 | $49,015.37 |
| Maryland | 4 | 65 | $80,891.83 | $68,059.49 |
| Michigan | 4 | 62 | $233,141.50 | $38,892.79 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 59 | $159,581.47 | $39,786.80 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 59 | $183,635.88 | $33,161.25 |
| Oregon | 3 | 58 | $178,182.34 | $52,380.66 |
| Kansas | 3 | 58 | $272,468.19 | $37,119.31 |
| Arizona | 3 | 53 | $227,838.74 | $43,531.45 |
| Iowa | 2 | 41 | $233,965.73 | $40,853.71 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 41 | $257,917.00 | $44,882.95 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 36 | $185,296.83 | $49,255.28 |
| Colorado | 2 | 35 | $451,664.29 | $53,183.14 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 29 | $143,570.55 | $37,722.48 |
| Utah | 2 | 28 | $168,834.57 | $46,064.32 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 28 | $210,770.96 | $38,787.11 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 27 | $254,424.67 | $48,180.26 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 25 | $199,803.16 | $39,839.88 |
| Idaho | 2 | 23 | $238,265.74 | $49,878.26 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 23 | $222,481.17 | $66,429.87 |
| Alabama | 2 | 22 | $506,573.32 | $41,204.95 |
| Nevada | 1 | 18 | $108,953.06 | $37,336.11 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 16 | $296,813.31 | $44,128.63 |
| Montana | 1 | 15 | $83,403.40 | $38,081.93 |
| Delaware | 1 | 14 | $109,956.50 | $43,641.14 |
| Vermont | 1 | 13 | $107,193.54 | $19,807.31 |
| Maine | 1 | 12 | $208,965.92 | $44,550.92 |
| Alaska | 1 | 12 | $386,162.67 | $58,690.25 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 11 | $188,360.82 | $37,583.00 |