Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$27,891.78
2024
Average charge
$167,447.73
Hospital list price
Stays
18,008
656 hospitals
Medicare paid
$502.3M
For these stays
For DRG 460 (spinal fusion except cervical without mcc), Medicare paid $27,891.78 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $167,447.73 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $34,025.16. In 2023 Medicare paid $27,654.89.
18,008 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 460 at 656 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $502.3M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 460 ($48,896.07) and Mississippi the lowest ($20,496.44).
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 460 in 2024: 162, with an average Medicare payment of $35,593.30.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 162 | $205,478.30 | $54,808.53 | $35,593.30 |
| Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC Wichita, KS · Surgery Center Holdings | 159 | $76,589.44 | $22,959.67 | $20,389.92 |
| Christiana Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 46 | 1,274 | $207,900.83 | $23,988.88 |
| Florida | 48 | 1,270 | $229,793.13 | $25,278.57 |
| California | 43 | 1,144 | $246,995.20 | $37,776.68 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 971 |
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.
| 146 |
| $108,129.39 |
| $32,778.88 |
| $28,837.13 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 127 | $233,487.76 | $27,470.68 | $25,735.00 |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery Nashville, TN · Ascension | 121 | $75,015.52 | $23,774.86 | $19,991.26 |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 121 | $79,643.69 | $33,607.45 | $30,777.31 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 121 | $170,712.35 | $43,730.17 | $32,761.18 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 121 | $124,549.79 | $44,521.45 | $36,002.89 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 108 | $103,877.98 | $35,559.72 | $27,223.84 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 106 | $133,105.24 | $43,654.67 | $35,085.37 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 105 | $101,779.30 | $26,651.34 | $21,041.44 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 102 | $119,123.93 | $48,322.55 | $33,618.79 |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | 94 | $144,188.71 | $34,955.32 | $29,378.49 |
| Oklahoma Spine Hospital Oklahoma City, OK · Medical Facilities USA Holdings | 94 | $130,839.28 | $23,849.90 | $18,924.15 |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics | 92 | $80,677.43 | $36,279.21 | $29,799.73 |
| University of MD St Joseph Medical Center Towson, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 88 | $36,379.19 | $32,528.23 | $29,467.95 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 84 | $66,362.29 | $58,829.01 | $50,767.87 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 83 | $466,288.92 | $47,921.06 | $40,774.96 |
| South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital San Antonio, TX · Surgery Center Holdings | 82 | $91,021.21 | $24,941.84 | $20,593.93 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 81 | $77,542.57 | $70,846.14 | $69,517.15 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 80 | $408,953.00 | $54,124.21 | $48,558.99 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 80 | $153,409.01 | $43,181.69 | $30,883.44 |
| Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital Tyler, TX · Tenet Healthcare | 76 | $78,554.71 | $23,413.55 | $21,091.43 |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · Community Health Systems | 75 | $420,086.99 | $36,659.77 | $27,235.68 |
| Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 75 | $146,635.39 | $34,028.53 | $31,782.17 |
| $152,459.03 |
| $27,578.42 |
| Ohio | 29 | 875 | $125,992.21 | $24,080.16 |
| New York | 29 | 826 | $191,448.44 | $35,062.00 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 645 | $94,359.74 | $32,994.73 |
| Virginia | 22 | 631 | $199,663.64 | $26,088.87 |
| Illinois | 23 | 630 | $140,586.75 | $26,363.00 |
| Maryland | 19 | 619 | $58,672.46 | $48,896.07 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 550 | $148,720.23 | $25,651.12 |
| Michigan | 18 | 509 | $107,445.56 | $24,574.64 |
| Indiana | 16 | 502 | $257,140.26 | $26,089.03 |
| Tennessee | 14 | 489 | $130,717.62 | $21,817.18 |
| Georgia | 20 | 471 | $168,708.23 | $25,945.79 |
| Arizona | 16 | 463 | $227,659.48 | $26,725.89 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 441 | $184,705.53 | $24,484.50 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 422 | $145,382.58 | $22,362.59 |
| New Jersey | 19 | 393 | $184,523.92 | $29,335.24 |
| Kansas | 12 | 375 | $126,851.36 | $22,300.01 |
| Alabama | 11 | 374 | $196,597.90 | $21,198.00 |
| Missouri | 18 | 367 | $144,410.73 | $24,885.46 |
| Iowa | 8 | 301 | $125,584.49 | $24,825.49 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 283 | $104,395.38 | $28,978.04 |
| Utah | 6 | 228 | $96,462.01 | $26,943.94 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 215 | $199,207.85 | $32,875.99 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 209 | $143,118.07 | $23,764.00 |
| Washington | 9 | 204 | $166,803.91 | $29,119.48 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 197 | $124,933.75 | $34,072.54 |
| Colorado | 9 | 192 | $262,718.92 | $26,670.10 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 177 | $126,682.19 | $25,251.10 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 172 | $120,963.20 | $23,937.69 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 163 | $235,466.10 | $28,287.37 |
| Delaware | 1 | 146 | $108,129.39 | $28,837.13 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 142 | $140,203.84 | $25,569.65 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 136 | $113,171.66 | $23,194.79 |
| Montana | 4 | 115 | $95,343.19 | $24,488.00 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 99 | $154,731.89 | $30,144.23 |
| Idaho | 6 | 96 | $147,072.74 | $27,288.65 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 89 | $79,505.74 | $29,350.27 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 86 | $132,745.36 | $20,496.44 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 81 | $137,617.72 | $22,571.16 |
| Nevada | 4 | 75 | $198,189.32 | $27,554.92 |
| Oregon | 4 | 66 | $130,590.02 | $32,018.06 |
| Alaska | 3 | 59 | $292,957.78 | $36,902.49 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 45 | $129,908.44 | $26,037.73 |
| Vermont | 1 | 35 | $107,009.83 | $15,506.51 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 30 | $124,507.30 | $22,993.07 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 29 | $113,804.41 | $30,669.17 |
| Maine | 1 | 14 | $95,039.00 | $24,788.14 |