Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$49,528.71
2024
Average charge
$289,584.28
Hospital list price
Stays
13,779
491 hospitals
Medicare paid
$682.5M
For these stays
For DRG 454 (combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with cc), Medicare paid $49,528.71 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $289,584.28 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $59,318.81. In 2023 Medicare paid $48,128.88.
13,779 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 454 at 491 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $682.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 454 ($68,547.51) and Louisiana the lowest ($35,341.64).
UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 454 in 2024: 134, with an average Medicare payment of $96,722.22.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 134 | $551,578.66 | $107,427.36 | $96,722.22 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 134 | $710,617.26 | $77,362.33 | $69,663.60 |
| Texas Orthopedic Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 44 | 1,512 | $427,340.70 | $68,547.51 |
| Texas | 36 | 1,168 | $497,764.48 | $44,793.91 |
| Florida | 40 | 1,080 | $329,891.79 | $43,189.71 |
| New York | 19 | 643 |
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.
| 131 |
| $469,307.01 |
| $43,785.82 |
| $38,719.98 |
| Mercy Medical Center Inc Baltimore, MD · Mercy Medical Center | 127 | $54,172.42 | $47,087.70 | $43,240.02 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 124 | $207,259.44 | $85,149.51 | $59,848.44 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 119 | $317,901.52 | $89,028.71 | $72,487.98 |
| Medical City Plano Plano, TX · HCA Healthcare | 111 | $1,035,135.04 | $73,104.27 | $49,243.56 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 106 | $555,770.90 | $95,308.45 | $82,180.19 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 106 | $289,834.95 | $85,738.91 | $67,820.59 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 103 | $335,424.51 | $54,734.66 | $44,947.96 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 100 | $348,649.47 | $54,967.21 | $40,826.64 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 100 | $235,180.17 | $71,089.92 | $55,505.99 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 98 | $640,747.51 | $97,759.42 | $83,760.46 |
| Christ Hospital Cincinnati, OH · The Christ Hospital Health Network | 96 | $188,965.53 | $45,167.69 | $42,665.32 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health | 89 | $272,175.73 | $57,120.90 | $47,756.28 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 88 | $168,551.66 | $71,422.77 | $60,310.91 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 85 | $155,005.05 | $59,420.09 | $36,570.96 |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA · University of Virginia Health System | 83 | $250,431.47 | $76,704.17 | $60,343.43 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 82 | $134,102.26 | $47,422.33 | $43,909.91 |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla, CA · Scripps Health | 82 | $481,623.38 | $78,448.80 | $68,702.93 |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health | 82 | $283,634.02 | $61,647.45 | $52,844.51 |
| Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC Omaha, NE · Surgical Care Affiliates | 80 | $262,591.83 | $43,026.99 | $37,690.74 |
| Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno, CA · Tenet Healthcare | 79 | $99,770.18 | $54,764.77 | $51,548.13 |
| Northwest Specialty Hospital Post Falls, ID · Surgery Center Holdings | 77 | $241,812.36 | $50,358.83 | $45,922.23 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 75 | $337,401.76 | $47,155.76 | $45,461.56 |
| $312,326.52 |
| $64,718.08 |
| Ohio | 19 | 637 | $185,272.72 | $41,662.55 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | 563 | $232,777.57 | $48,570.26 |
| Virginia | 16 | 508 | $296,708.27 | $46,664.75 |
| Colorado | 14 | 490 | $421,661.27 | $47,213.59 |
| North Carolina | 15 | 465 | $233,145.70 | $46,229.46 |
| Minnesota | 13 | 464 | $153,617.91 | $48,452.10 |
| Arizona | 16 | 444 | $326,309.14 | $51,741.14 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 433 | $244,312.55 | $40,279.88 |
| Illinois | 17 | 432 | $225,966.79 | $48,273.18 |
| Washington | 15 | 352 | $223,061.87 | $47,937.11 |
| Michigan | 18 | 345 | $162,606.66 | $44,481.78 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 323 | $134,585.62 | $56,758.01 |
| Georgia | 14 | 304 | $266,386.06 | $44,637.44 |
| Maryland | 8 | 284 | $82,420.64 | $68,106.94 |
| Missouri | 10 | 247 | $198,305.62 | $43,917.34 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 229 | $219,170.79 | $39,551.62 |
| Indiana | 11 | 220 | $262,963.02 | $45,140.53 |
| Kansas | 9 | 219 | $215,528.58 | $40,233.05 |
| South Carolina | 11 | 214 | $292,703.53 | $44,203.46 |
| Alabama | 10 | 190 | $288,120.12 | $37,788.81 |
| Utah | 7 | 177 | $161,636.79 | $44,014.16 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 161 | $285,578.99 | $43,929.17 |
| Oregon | 7 | 150 | $190,941.90 | $52,854.46 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 150 | $195,918.55 | $35,341.64 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 149 | $219,708.92 | $39,259.07 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 149 | $176,340.78 | $50,292.95 |
| Idaho | 3 | 132 | $255,214.56 | $46,062.95 |
| Nevada | 4 | 108 | $412,747.63 | $52,218.86 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 98 | $353,115.58 | $59,738.21 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 88 | $182,327.10 | $46,864.49 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 76 | $117,730.74 | $43,308.97 |
| Alaska | 2 | 75 | $660,868.71 | $54,466.95 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 75 | $174,419.63 | $42,313.37 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 72 | $220,533.81 | $49,510.60 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 66 | $106,357.95 | $42,367.52 |
| Iowa | 2 | 57 | $160,004.51 | $47,942.26 |
| Delaware | 1 | 56 | $160,059.93 | $48,161.25 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 40 | $142,699.92 | $43,263.40 |
| Montana | 2 | 30 | $157,515.10 | $51,642.87 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 13 | $296,372.38 | $41,758.92 |
| Vermont | 1 | 12 | $164,424.08 | $22,782.67 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 12 | $95,978.00 | $39,227.83 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 11 | $336,127.09 | $70,259.45 |