Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$46,911.56
2024
Average charge
$255,108.59
Hospital list price
Stays
439
32 hospitals
Medicare paid
$20.6M
For these stays
For DRG 471 (cervical spinal fusion with mcc), Medicare paid $46,911.56 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $255,108.59 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $58,093.60. In 2023 Medicare paid $48,283.12.
439 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 471 at 32 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $20.6M for them.
UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 471 in 2024: 25, with an average Medicare payment of $74,565.92.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 25 | $391,998.20 | $82,974.20 | $74,565.92 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 21 | $317,692.95 | $36,073.95 | $33,659.62 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 4 | 52 | $159,579.83 | $48,995.63 |
| Texas | 3 | 41 | $428,385.73 | $34,005.85 |
| Illinois | 3 | 40 | $189,381.88 | $44,156.82 |
| New York | 3 | 40 |
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.
| 17 |
| $266,914.24 |
| $83,009.47 |
| $39,903.41 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 17 | $507,221.94 | $83,676.29 | $64,848.24 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 17 | $156,067.00 | $48,663.24 | $38,757.88 |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 15 | $223,011.73 | $44,600.27 | $41,971.80 |
| Medical City Plano Plano, TX · HCA Healthcare | 15 | $563,161.00 | $54,614.53 | $26,754.93 |
| Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL · Rush System for Health | 15 | $129,826.13 | $59,856.93 | $53,752.20 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 15 | $205,416.53 | $61,643.40 | $56,276.07 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 14 | $131,102.50 | $75,644.50 | $48,171.64 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria, IL · OSF HealthCare | 13 | $234,263.38 | $40,230.69 | $37,059.46 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX · Texas Health Resources | 13 | $166,661.00 | $47,290.15 | $32,373.08 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 13 | $292,908.69 | $52,644.46 | $48,549.23 |
| Prisma Health Richland Hospital Columbia, SC · Prisma Health-Midlands | 13 | $255,854.08 | $52,358.92 | $39,231.54 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL · Florida Health Sciences Center | 13 | $352,295.85 | $45,080.23 | $40,392.00 |
| The Queens Medical Center Honolulu, HI · The Queens Health Systems | 13 | $217,011.92 | $53,345.23 | $50,282.00 |
| Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi Southfield, MI · Henry Ford Health Parent | 13 | $93,867.15 | $41,176.54 | $39,111.08 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · Prime Healthcare | 13 | $199,212.92 | $52,231.31 | $50,601.31 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 13 | $534,600.54 | $49,799.46 | $44,005.08 |
| Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA · UW Medicine | 12 | $232,029.33 | $72,293.92 | $43,866.08 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 12 | $215,204.92 | $61,384.75 | $39,851.42 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 12 | $342,114.92 | $42,390.00 | $38,193.33 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 12 | $73,200.67 | $80,186.92 | $62,602.75 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 12 | $188,027.83 | $58,245.67 | $52,794.17 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 12 | $383,467.67 | $60,775.75 | $55,551.83 |
| $425,196.95 |
| $59,634.82 |
| California | 2 | 38 | $326,045.34 | $66,367.50 |
| Florida | 2 | 34 | $330,923.47 | $36,233.76 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 30 | $278,178.50 | $43,649.93 |
| Ohio | 2 | 27 | $204,627.04 | $35,976.74 |
| Maryland | 2 | 23 | $97,066.43 | $83,039.61 |
| Delaware | 1 | 17 | $156,067.00 | $38,757.88 |
| Michigan | 1 | 13 | $93,867.15 | $39,111.08 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 13 | $255,854.08 | $39,231.54 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 13 | $217,011.92 | $50,282.00 |
| Washington | 1 | 12 | $232,029.33 | $43,866.08 |
| Kansas | 1 | 12 | $342,114.92 | $38,193.33 |
| Virginia | 1 | 12 | $150,634.00 | $34,179.08 |
| Arizona | 1 | 11 | $156,784.09 | $42,837.09 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 11 | $123,725.64 | $32,611.73 |