Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$104,193.27
2024
Average charge
$547,672.92
Hospital list price
Stays
318
17 hospitals
Medicare paid
$33.1M
For these stays
For DRG 456 (spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive), Medicare paid $104,193.27 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $547,672.92 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $122,271.90. In 2023 Medicare paid $95,449.03.
318 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 456 at 17 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $33.1M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 456 ($129,986.53) and Massachusetts the lowest ($80,226.48).
UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 456 in 2024: 47, with an average Medicare payment of $142,757.30.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 47 | $783,179.15 | $153,936.62 | $142,757.30 |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 31 | $192,792.10 | $87,401.13 | $70,476.29 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5 | 111 | $824,822.98 | $129,986.53 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 56 | $249,228.43 | $80,226.48 |
| New York | 2 | 31 | $704,058.42 | $108,306.13 |
| Missouri | 1 | 24 |
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.
| 25 |
| $319,209.48 |
| $106,364.24 |
| $92,316.72 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 24 | $445,291.63 | $114,810.21 | $91,485.92 |
| OHSU Hospital and Clinics Portland, OR · Oregon Health and Science University | 19 | $417,942.21 | $119,085.16 | $108,366.68 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 18 | $1,116,884.78 | $106,331.83 | $99,950.44 |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla, CA · Scripps Health | 18 | $884,538.61 | $125,394.50 | $116,004.72 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 17 | $477,234.59 | $158,799.71 | $88,911.35 |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO · University of Colorado Health | 15 | $847,702.80 | $100,023.93 | $90,519.20 |
| UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA · University of California Health | 14 | $700,564.79 | $137,791.50 | $122,130.50 |
| Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA · University of California Irvine | 14 | $636,600.21 | $160,366.07 | $151,563.71 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 14 | $144,069.43 | $126,230.14 | $125,297.57 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 14 | $979,487.36 | $139,061.64 | $131,856.93 |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics | 13 | $213,160.62 | $86,138.15 | $80,092.46 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 12 | $224,090.00 | $127,632.50 | $40,408.50 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 12 | $315,716.25 | $98,670.50 | $75,611.17 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 11 | $382,987.00 | $106,008.09 | $95,887.27 |
| $445,291.63 |
| $91,485.92 |
| Oregon | 1 | 19 | $417,942.21 | $108,366.68 |
| Colorado | 1 | 15 | $847,702.80 | $90,519.20 |
| Maryland | 1 | 14 | $144,069.43 | $125,297.57 |
| Utah | 1 | 13 | $213,160.62 | $80,092.46 |
| Ohio | 1 | 12 | $224,090.00 | $40,408.50 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 12 | $315,716.25 | $75,611.17 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 11 | $382,987.00 | $95,887.27 |