Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$8,006.74
2024
Average charge
$52,941.21
Hospital list price
Stays
4,126
239 hospitals
Medicare paid
$33.0M
For these stays
For DRG 442 (disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis with cc), Medicare paid $8,006.74 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $52,941.21 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $11,272.37. In 2023 Medicare paid $7,696.81.
4,126 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 442 at 239 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $33.0M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 442 ($13,288.95) and Kentucky the lowest ($5,572.10).
Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC had the most Medicare stays for DRG 442 in 2024: 50, with an average Medicare payment of $7,920.06.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 50 | $35,148.26 | $14,796.86 | $7,920.06 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 48 | $66,258.88 | $7,877.17 | $5,950.08 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 34 | 613 | $81,054.50 | $9,997.47 |
| Texas | 20 | 354 | $52,187.90 | $7,813.15 |
| Florida | 12 | 221 | $58,937.76 | $7,539.41 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 201 |
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.
| 47 |
| $55,980.45 |
| $8,616.38 |
| $6,510.96 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute New Orleans, LA · Ochsner Health | 45 | $49,791.87 | $9,817.18 | $6,809.29 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 40 | $167,098.28 | $19,254.53 | $12,331.30 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 35 | $122,058.89 | $14,895.54 | $10,594.31 |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus Worcester, MA · UMass Memorial Health Care | 34 | $44,119.76 | $12,880.94 | $10,122.68 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 33 | $28,378.30 | $14,898.61 | $9,496.52 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 33 | $41,400.30 | $9,209.70 | $7,496.18 |
| Keck Hospital of Usc Los Angeles, CA · University of Southern California | 33 | $68,499.52 | $16,720.45 | $10,620.27 |
| Clovis Community Medical Center Clovis, CA · Community Medical Centers | 32 | $43,553.59 | $10,162.97 | $7,267.78 |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington, KY · University of Kentucky Healthcare | 32 | $44,290.13 | $10,273.50 | $6,889.97 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL · Florida Health Sciences Center | 31 | $69,014.06 | $11,719.32 | $8,209.00 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 31 | $72,709.42 | $9,748.81 | $5,923.42 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 31 | $52,000.77 | $14,794.94 | $7,611.61 |
| The Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · The Nebraska Medical Center | 30 | $30,063.23 | $12,935.07 | $6,861.97 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 29 | $66,977.03 | $10,802.83 | $6,756.59 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 29 | $42,298.10 | $11,275.34 | $6,756.24 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 29 | $31,219.03 | $12,794.03 | $7,606.10 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 28 | $126,075.50 | $17,377.36 | $9,241.79 |
| Enloe Health Chico, CA · Enloe Medical Center | 28 | $63,677.71 | $9,018.50 | $8,377.36 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 28 | $143,463.21 | $17,875.04 | $12,772.54 |
| University of Missouri Health Care Columbia, MO · University of Missouri Health Care | 27 | $32,749.04 | $9,696.48 | $8,041.00 |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · University of California Health | 27 | $89,540.22 | $22,826.26 | $13,336.93 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 27 | $46,192.07 | $12,376.78 | $6,884.19 |
| $34,996.07 |
| $7,117.68 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 200 | $35,561.71 | $9,218.01 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 175 | $81,649.41 | $8,398.03 |
| New York | 7 | 141 | $106,306.30 | $9,628.94 |
| Ohio | 7 | 125 | $34,718.10 | $6,711.73 |
| Missouri | 8 | 125 | $44,435.54 | $6,921.75 |
| Maryland | 8 | 111 | $16,407.51 | $13,288.95 |
| Illinois | 7 | 110 | $52,275.66 | $7,966.15 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 108 | $37,426.42 | $5,572.10 |
| Michigan | 7 | 105 | $34,368.04 | $6,952.11 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 102 | $81,441.34 | $9,948.14 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 100 | $31,138.87 | $7,049.02 |
| Virginia | 6 | 96 | $47,206.57 | $6,742.60 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 87 | $47,872.09 | $6,929.15 |
| Arizona | 6 | 85 | $37,551.15 | $8,140.04 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 81 | $46,169.90 | $6,219.95 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 76 | $39,869.49 | $6,552.11 |
| Kansas | 4 | 74 | $65,743.73 | $6,509.00 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 69 | $28,967.84 | $6,114.13 |
| Georgia | 4 | 64 | $42,171.91 | $7,297.34 |
| Indiana | 4 | 62 | $41,484.47 | $6,651.87 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 58 | $45,200.38 | $7,509.41 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 49 | $38,629.45 | $7,752.53 |
| Delaware | 2 | 48 | $37,636.92 | $7,002.29 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 46 | $27,217.00 | $6,578.46 |
| Colorado | 2 | 46 | $76,846.59 | $7,220.78 |
| Iowa | 3 | 46 | $36,845.67 | $5,702.04 |
| Utah | 2 | 44 | $32,753.50 | $7,255.27 |
| Alabama | 2 | 39 | $39,970.54 | $6,529.51 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 32 | $38,601.31 | $8,829.13 |
| Vermont | 2 | 30 | $37,045.17 | $6,156.83 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 29 | $23,823.62 | $5,253.03 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 27 | $44,250.63 | $7,118.56 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 25 | $40,215.72 | $4,832.08 |
| Nevada | 2 | 24 | $33,648.50 | $8,275.33 |
| Washington | 1 | 21 | $45,786.71 | $7,946.76 |
| Idaho | 1 | 15 | $28,092.27 | $6,888.00 |
| Oregon | 1 | 14 | $25,188.21 | $7,761.93 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 12 | $20,463.00 | $10,156.17 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 12 | $66,181.67 | $8,257.75 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 11 | $31,061.18 | $6,856.73 |