Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$55,967.19
2024
Average charge
$320,942.43
Hospital list price
Stays
1,710
82 hospitals
Medicare paid
$95.7M
For these stays
For DRG 457 (spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensive), Medicare paid $55,967.19 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $320,942.43 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $65,757.25. In 2023 Medicare paid $55,202.36.
1,710 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 457 at 82 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $95.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 457 ($91,604.36) and Oklahoma the lowest ($39,001.36).
New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 457 in 2024: 66, with an average Medicare payment of $56,837.95.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 66 | $145,182.95 | $59,485.70 | $56,837.95 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 54 | $552,042.09 | $104,170.74 | $89,950.81 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10 | 228 | $518,272.54 | $76,378.24 |
| Texas | 10 | 164 | $545,115.71 | $47,541.87 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 133 | $173,337.88 | $59,885.16 |
| New York | 5 | 120 |
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.
| 54 |
| $316,135.46 |
| $87,868.74 |
| $64,998.87 |
| Oklahoma Spine Hospital Oklahoma City, OK · Medical Facilities USA Holdings | 49 | $173,820.71 | $40,661.88 | $30,265.14 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 46 | $103,637.57 | $92,004.20 | $83,266.52 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 39 | $226,210.72 | $68,950.28 | $64,612.64 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 38 | $209,779.95 | $59,841.97 | $46,197.84 |
| Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL · Rush System for Health | 37 | $211,363.00 | $70,195.59 | $64,644.27 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health | 34 | $282,141.65 | $53,493.82 | $46,773.06 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 33 | $807,524.12 | $79,529.48 | $66,591.58 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 32 | $557,011.44 | $94,500.19 | $85,424.19 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 32 | $182,098.63 | $61,925.56 | $45,954.19 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 31 | $186,230.26 | $75,526.26 | $60,662.94 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Nashville, TN · Ascension | 31 | $370,481.58 | $65,266.94 | $51,666.87 |
| Medical City Plano Plano, TX · HCA Healthcare | 29 | $813,597.28 | $52,021.76 | $43,365.00 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 28 | $166,058.75 | $70,122.32 | $60,483.14 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 28 | $246,514.86 | $69,944.25 | $50,368.18 |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics | 26 | $118,377.73 | $54,564.08 | $47,956.42 |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital Dallas, TX · HCA Healthcare | 26 | $708,433.00 | $53,947.27 | $39,360.58 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 25 | $241,444.64 | $79,921.96 | $48,942.72 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 25 | $346,959.12 | $81,390.12 | $57,370.56 |
| University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA · Ucop | 25 | $585,411.56 | $87,752.76 | $82,602.48 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 24 | $415,402.17 | $46,948.46 | $45,184.54 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 23 | $120,236.70 | $109,699.17 | $108,280.04 |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery Nashville, TN · Ascension | 23 | $107,503.78 | $40,164.30 | $35,015.00 |
| $389,768.00 |
| $66,650.15 |
| Florida | 7 | 100 | $301,756.80 | $43,745.45 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 88 | $287,464.57 | $45,085.14 |
| Maryland | 2 | 69 | $109,170.61 | $91,604.36 |
| Virginia | 4 | 69 | $314,697.70 | $50,022.29 |
| Ohio | 3 | 68 | $213,273.44 | $47,091.62 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 63 | $311,473.94 | $51,232.14 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 61 | $278,477.57 | $39,001.36 |
| Michigan | 4 | 60 | $167,140.38 | $44,783.77 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 59 | $264,897.15 | $47,692.41 |
| Illinois | 2 | 57 | $250,482.19 | $61,361.70 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 50 | $167,093.02 | $54,443.92 |
| Iowa | 1 | 38 | $209,779.95 | $46,197.84 |
| Colorado | 3 | 38 | $511,848.08 | $49,615.63 |
| Arizona | 2 | 35 | $392,939.83 | $48,331.49 |
| Kansas | 2 | 29 | $135,103.86 | $36,588.62 |
| Utah | 1 | 26 | $118,377.73 | $47,956.42 |
| Missouri | 1 | 25 | $346,959.12 | $57,370.56 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 24 | $306,011.38 | $52,448.50 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 23 | $242,774.39 | $56,695.83 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 16 | $139,162.00 | $53,114.38 |
| Washington | 1 | 15 | $219,801.73 | $53,713.67 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 15 | $390,917.47 | $56,359.13 |
| Georgia | 1 | 15 | $131,697.93 | $45,063.53 |
| Delaware | 1 | 11 | $202,693.45 | $53,577.18 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 11 | $175,787.18 | $43,857.82 |