Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$35,064.24
2024
Average charge
$184,727.89
Hospital list price
Stays
839
51 hospitals
Medicare paid
$29.4M
For these stays
For DRG 448 (multiple level spinal fusion except cervical without mcc), Medicare paid $35,064.24 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $184,727.89 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $40,741.19.
839 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 448 at 51 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $29.4M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 448 ($58,923.90) and Tennessee the lowest ($26,469.56).
Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE had the most Medicare stays for DRG 448 in 2024: 36, with an average Medicare payment of $32,161.25.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 36 | $135,992.86 | $36,616.08 | $32,161.25 |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery Nashville, TN · Ascension | 34 | $78,370.26 | $27,634.68 | $24,418.56 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6 | 87 | $267,849.15 | $27,555.51 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 68 | $125,190.76 | $26,469.56 |
| Michigan | 4 | 65 | $100,230.46 | $29,144.58 |
| Maryland | 4 | 62 |
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.
| 33 |
| $182,876.82 |
| $51,288.64 |
| $43,764.45 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health | 28 | $223,028.39 | $42,398.14 | $28,812.11 |
| Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC Wichita, KS · Surgery Center Holdings | 27 | $87,711.70 | $25,640.33 | $24,129.22 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 25 | $123,355.92 | $48,556.44 | $41,733.56 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 23 | $141,470.30 | $37,457.30 | $34,303.22 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 21 | $89,733.05 | $83,642.76 | $82,030.19 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 21 | $248,997.52 | $53,192.33 | $43,661.00 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 20 | $126,325.55 | $38,698.90 | $32,001.85 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest F Fort Worth, TX · Texas Health Resources | 20 | $113,524.05 | $33,402.80 | $24,383.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Nashville, TN · Ascension | 20 | $204,460.55 | $34,741.05 | $31,463.25 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 19 | $113,149.79 | $31,803.05 | $24,663.68 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital Kalamazoo, MI · Bronson Healthcare Group | 18 | $56,437.56 | $32,605.61 | $29,113.44 |
| Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 17 | $132,826.59 | $37,681.47 | $35,494.18 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 17 | $575,783.71 | $49,151.71 | $45,408.82 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 17 | $402,750.71 | $57,252.88 | $52,878.65 |
| Longview Regional Medical Center Longview, TX · Community Health Systems | 17 | $353,020.06 | $32,013.82 | $25,648.53 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 17 | $180,274.47 | $43,126.12 | $39,167.53 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 16 | $260,883.19 | $33,540.75 | $27,729.75 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · Corewell Health | 16 | $117,553.56 | $36,255.81 | $33,592.56 |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 16 | $107,324.19 | $45,631.31 | $32,702.31 |
| Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD · MedStar Health | 16 | $63,487.13 | $56,817.06 | $48,424.56 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 15 | $255,286.67 | $30,563.20 | $29,116.73 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 15 | $215,796.07 | $43,681.07 | $34,102.53 |
| $68,482.13 |
| $58,923.90 |
| New York | 3 | 50 | $298,095.66 | $46,705.52 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 45 | $186,817.89 | $35,533.96 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 41 | $196,860.59 | $31,460.17 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 39 | $121,642.05 | $39,309.00 |
| Florida | 3 | 37 | $258,970.70 | $27,528.92 |
| Delaware | 1 | 36 | $135,992.86 | $32,161.25 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 33 | $182,876.82 | $43,764.45 |
| Ohio | 2 | 32 | $126,811.13 | $31,552.69 |
| California | 2 | 30 | $487,681.20 | $52,659.00 |
| Kansas | 1 | 27 | $87,711.70 | $24,129.22 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 26 | $127,950.19 | $21,663.92 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 25 | $123,355.92 | $41,733.56 |
| Iowa | 1 | 23 | $141,470.30 | $34,303.22 |
| Indiana | 2 | 22 | $329,998.32 | $34,844.14 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 16 | $260,883.19 | $27,729.75 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 15 | $215,796.07 | $34,102.53 |
| Utah | 1 | 13 | $83,853.92 | $35,625.77 |
| Alabama | 1 | 13 | $183,255.15 | $25,079.77 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 12 | $238,132.58 | $37,653.92 |
| Illinois | 1 | 11 | $150,884.27 | $34,267.73 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 11 | $217,152.00 | $29,079.00 |