Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$22,616.88
2024
Average charge
$142,769.71
Hospital list price
Stays
11,118
489 hospitals
Medicare paid
$251.5M
For these stays
For DRG 472 (cervical spinal fusion with cc), Medicare paid $22,616.88 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $142,769.71 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $28,115.54. In 2023 Medicare paid $22,774.40.
11,118 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 472 at 489 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $251.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 472 ($42,962.59) and Alabama the lowest ($16,941.83).
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 472 in 2024: 97, with an average Medicare payment of $25,468.84.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 97 | $126,924.40 | $33,548.84 | $25,468.84 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 88 | $195,759.95 | $26,811.16 | $18,719.15 |
| UCSF Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 39 | 1,001 | $175,513.78 | $19,977.89 |
| Texas | 42 | 985 | $180,698.07 | $18,817.41 |
| California | 36 | 946 | $220,819.85 | $31,047.80 |
| New York | 24 | 609 |
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.
| 82 |
| $228,396.06 |
| $49,483.61 |
| $42,685.21 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 80 | $150,532.73 | $36,408.20 | $27,162.93 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 78 | $123,638.74 | $37,821.46 | $26,804.08 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 74 | $123,215.86 | $30,771.57 | $24,761.15 |
| Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital Fortworth Fort Worth, TX · Tenet Healthcare | 70 | $64,898.26 | $21,533.03 | $16,711.84 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 67 | $316,825.97 | $40,697.03 | $34,170.99 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 67 | $75,387.63 | $27,247.48 | $22,187.03 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 67 | $165,358.64 | $40,476.48 | $31,266.21 |
| Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC Wichita, KS · Surgery Center Holdings | 62 | $71,140.87 | $18,405.29 | $17,010.19 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 60 | $54,848.73 | $48,379.37 | $44,287.70 |
| Medical City Plano Plano, TX · HCA Healthcare | 59 | $392,939.42 | $25,997.68 | $18,718.19 |
| Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno, CA · Tenet Healthcare | 59 | $44,382.93 | $27,031.32 | $25,482.31 |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery Nashville, TN · Ascension | 58 | $58,602.53 | $19,713.76 | $16,359.76 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 58 | $404,495.28 | $36,354.66 | $31,576.90 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health | 57 | $139,547.00 | $28,714.89 | $22,579.98 |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health | 56 | $181,620.09 | $29,300.41 | $25,769.34 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 54 | $152,291.04 | $23,412.09 | $20,681.24 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 53 | $133,243.91 | $24,091.36 | $19,921.11 |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla, CA · Scripps Health | 52 | $281,457.27 | $35,292.73 | $31,561.63 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 52 | $100,077.90 | $30,551.85 | $21,145.02 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, NC · Novant Health | 52 | $117,236.17 | $24,564.27 | $22,841.29 |
| Alaska Regional Hospital Anchorage, AK · HCA Healthcare | 52 | $248,075.23 | $31,347.29 | $22,957.42 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 51 | $129,643.65 | $37,780.00 | $28,612.80 |
| $156,148.30 |
| $27,971.87 |
| Ohio | 23 | 487 | $111,921.11 | $19,597.91 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | 468 | $143,649.22 | $23,128.85 |
| Virginia | 16 | 411 | $151,319.21 | $20,328.41 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | 374 | $87,523.49 | $27,218.52 |
| Illinois | 18 | 363 | $128,878.86 | $21,465.53 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 352 | $146,891.05 | $19,673.82 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 344 | $110,982.49 | $21,261.64 |
| Michigan | 15 | 327 | $92,271.46 | $21,763.17 |
| Tennessee | 14 | 303 | $100,907.51 | $18,466.48 |
| Arizona | 13 | 300 | $194,538.38 | $22,771.59 |
| Georgia | 13 | 300 | $126,071.89 | $19,935.37 |
| Maryland | 12 | 270 | $51,634.33 | $42,962.59 |
| Missouri | 12 | 239 | $102,148.27 | $20,997.64 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 224 | $86,555.71 | $21,960.63 |
| Colorado | 12 | 220 | $195,347.14 | $20,889.03 |
| Alabama | 9 | 217 | $126,442.83 | $16,941.83 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 199 | $151,362.83 | $24,317.54 |
| Washington | 9 | 163 | $131,199.12 | $23,198.76 |
| Kansas | 6 | 159 | $114,706.89 | $18,504.91 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 157 | $137,136.87 | $19,236.45 |
| Indiana | 9 | 156 | $171,155.71 | $20,802.57 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 145 | $118,135.95 | $18,326.48 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 130 | $72,830.60 | $18,361.33 |
| Oregon | 6 | 108 | $116,889.19 | $24,002.31 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 105 | $144,410.85 | $18,050.99 |
| Iowa | 4 | 96 | $116,824.34 | $20,039.43 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 91 | $132,855.19 | $26,676.48 |
| Alaska | 2 | 81 | $212,349.68 | $22,613.72 |
| Utah | 5 | 78 | $71,090.13 | $20,632.71 |
| Delaware | 1 | 67 | $75,387.63 | $22,187.03 |
| Idaho | 5 | 65 | $105,373.89 | $19,412.45 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 65 | $130,477.43 | $19,236.57 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 65 | $129,117.26 | $21,614.91 |
| Nevada | 2 | 58 | $158,182.33 | $26,168.69 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 48 | $92,529.15 | $21,308.08 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 45 | $89,163.80 | $18,499.24 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 42 | $105,431.12 | $19,271.95 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 41 | $89,663.80 | $24,505.20 |
| Maine | 2 | 41 | $87,911.12 | $20,614.66 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 33 | $100,158.39 | $24,007.88 |
| Montana | 2 | 33 | $60,250.82 | $21,348.09 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 27 | $156,844.52 | $20,444.26 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $106,998.00 | $13,032.50 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 13 | $72,156.31 | $29,654.31 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 11 | $64,157.45 | $26,093.91 |