Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$12,052.70
2024
Average charge
$84,763.83
Hospital list price
Stays
11,649
553 hospitals
Medicare paid
$140.4M
For these stays
For DRG 331 (major small and large bowel procedures without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $12,052.70 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $84,763.83 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $16,035.14. In 2023 Medicare paid $11,867.94.
11,649 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 331 at 553 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $140.4M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 331 ($21,117.92) and West Virginia the lowest ($9,356.24).
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH had the most Medicare stays for DRG 331 in 2024: 62, with an average Medicare payment of $11,138.23.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 62 | $60,653.23 | $17,662.98 | $11,138.23 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 60 | $40,323.43 | $15,478.38 | $12,520.17 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 40 | 797 | $132,745.64 | $16,328.34 |
| Florida | 35 | 725 | $126,090.69 | $11,119.55 |
| Texas | 34 | 646 | $98,569.94 | $10,801.97 |
| New York | 26 | 534 |
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.
| 59 |
| $70,056.24 |
| $16,572.97 |
| $14,422.51 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 58 | $95,550.09 | $21,852.00 | $18,174.24 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 56 | $90,758.46 | $12,475.55 | $9,312.93 |
| Bryan Medical Center Lincoln, NE · Bryan Health | 54 | $52,960.87 | $12,885.94 | $10,181.41 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 53 | $59,832.57 | $23,484.47 | $14,705.72 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc Oklahoma City, OK · Integris Health | 53 | $104,102.62 | $13,709.98 | $10,636.58 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 52 | $78,187.25 | $17,230.98 | $11,215.37 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 51 | $155,699.69 | $18,553.20 | $9,769.57 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 50 | $92,245.38 | $18,824.68 | $13,128.26 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 50 | $18,782.76 | $17,952.02 | $15,356.66 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 49 | $46,750.73 | $13,681.00 | $9,936.02 |
| Oklahoma Surgical Hospital, LLC Tulsa, OK | 49 | $41,379.67 | $11,202.61 | $8,617.45 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 48 | $96,887.92 | $18,318.46 | $13,067.54 |
| Rex Hospital Raleigh, NC · UNC Health Care System | 47 | $33,281.02 | $12,852.96 | $9,125.06 |
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZ · TMC Healthcare | 46 | $59,456.54 | $14,340.20 | $10,918.76 |
| Grandview Medical Center Birmingham, AL · Community Health Systems | 46 | $248,564.91 | $12,234.63 | $7,960.93 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 46 | $70,375.11 | $20,403.00 | $16,906.50 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc Gainesville, GA · Northeast Georgia Health System | 45 | $110,126.71 | $16,653.87 | $12,580.56 |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · Baptist Healthcare System | 45 | $91,212.78 | $11,269.82 | $8,947.82 |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA · University of Virginia Health System | 45 | $51,918.29 | $22,628.40 | $14,188.49 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 44 | $58,361.34 | $14,842.34 | $11,971.59 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 44 | $221,775.80 | $21,364.30 | $17,782.34 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 44 | $141,227.91 | $20,414.73 | $15,922.41 |
| $81,626.36 |
| $15,330.15 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 495 | $67,482.63 | $11,070.49 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 479 | $97,871.94 | $11,883.28 |
| Virginia | 16 | 390 | $110,483.60 | $10,904.03 |
| Illinois | 21 | 380 | $76,142.89 | $11,413.98 |
| New Jersey | 18 | 379 | $105,738.05 | $12,922.77 |
| Maryland | 20 | 370 | $26,780.11 | $21,117.92 |
| Ohio | 17 | 351 | $67,674.48 | $10,176.22 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 346 | $64,103.60 | $9,925.32 |
| Washington | 15 | 327 | $97,401.99 | $11,913.96 |
| Arizona | 14 | 322 | $100,820.55 | $11,333.76 |
| Georgia | 14 | 318 | $85,269.87 | $11,128.69 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 308 | $48,392.93 | $14,666.34 |
| South Carolina | 12 | 292 | $95,313.35 | $10,877.21 |
| Missouri | 13 | 285 | $61,706.59 | $10,373.32 |
| Alabama | 10 | 279 | $105,260.88 | $9,557.18 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 271 | $77,551.56 | $9,933.55 |
| Michigan | 13 | 255 | $56,931.57 | $11,297.13 |
| Indiana | 12 | 247 | $74,739.36 | $10,829.65 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 228 | $83,651.88 | $10,229.29 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 215 | $71,381.36 | $10,382.78 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 203 | $53,843.97 | $9,732.64 |
| Kansas | 7 | 175 | $102,265.09 | $10,539.91 |
| Arkansas | 9 | 167 | $51,780.46 | $9,984.69 |
| Iowa | 7 | 159 | $50,335.62 | $9,967.21 |
| Colorado | 9 | 151 | $116,630.46 | $11,486.30 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 128 | $57,884.30 | $12,519.87 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 120 | $58,126.17 | $11,594.39 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 119 | $51,212.69 | $10,151.83 |
| Montana | 7 | 119 | $57,098.55 | $11,094.92 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 115 | $66,368.57 | $11,794.54 |
| Oregon | 7 | 110 | $66,220.29 | $13,709.32 |
| Delaware | 3 | 100 | $47,211.49 | $11,688.64 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 93 | $60,943.26 | $14,137.67 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 87 | $86,007.45 | $9,356.24 |
| Nevada | 5 | 73 | $106,518.19 | $12,932.89 |
| Idaho | 3 | 63 | $82,676.22 | $12,595.89 |
| Utah | 3 | 62 | $59,550.73 | $12,227.06 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 56 | $66,511.61 | $11,638.59 |
| Alaska | 3 | 54 | $127,341.31 | $16,078.00 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 42 | $42,797.29 | $10,491.40 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 33 | $36,306.58 | $11,686.30 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 31 | $96,426.29 | $13,761.58 |
| Vermont | 1 | 30 | $39,653.00 | $7,527.90 |
| Maine | 1 | 29 | $52,997.38 | $12,443.07 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 29 | $54,497.52 | $13,133.62 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 21 | $85,084.52 | $13,346.57 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 16 | $73,394.38 | $12,364.19 |