Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$15,801.33
2024
Average charge
$101,430.96
Hospital list price
Stays
62,753
1,700 hospitals
Medicare paid
$991.6M
For these stays
For DRG 481 (hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc), Medicare paid $15,801.33 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $101,430.96 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $18,472.61. In 2023 Medicare paid $15,401.37.
62,753 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 481 at 1,700 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $991.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 481 ($27,405.15) and Vermont the lowest ($9,642.57).
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 481 in 2024: 224, with an average Medicare payment of $15,267.13.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 224 | $66,274.25 | $18,176.85 | $15,267.13 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 216 | $218,662.28 | $28,575.31 | $23,163.32 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 121 | 5,379 | $143,625.60 | $14,007.63 |
| California | 148 | 5,011 | $155,378.60 | $20,644.53 |
| Texas | 119 | 4,479 | $130,155.35 | $15,097.56 |
| New York | 86 | 3,458 |
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.
| 214 |
| $156,488.33 |
| $27,375.91 |
| $22,359.34 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 183 | $164,502.08 | $16,848.63 | $13,683.62 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 177 | $57,741.42 | $19,283.09 | $15,113.33 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 173 | $118,352.05 | $16,136.57 | $13,233.89 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc Gainesville, GA · Northeast Georgia Health System | 168 | $132,053.08 | $19,508.30 | $15,826.70 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 167 | $162,985.10 | $26,403.70 | $22,671.98 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 166 | $74,474.33 | $19,740.99 | $16,525.87 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 162 | $131,966.93 | $23,170.29 | $19,873.46 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 161 | $98,954.01 | $20,366.40 | $17,466.76 |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Fort Myers, FL · Lee Health | 155 | $105,181.52 | $14,778.68 | $13,013.97 |
| Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA · Carilion Clinic | 148 | $80,069.73 | $16,730.41 | $13,958.99 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, NC · Novant Health | 146 | $76,206.58 | $17,683.42 | $15,520.38 |
| Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA · Baystate Health | 145 | $40,362.88 | $22,327.95 | $19,053.81 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 142 | $77,519.79 | $15,194.58 | $12,960.63 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Marietta, GA · WellStar Health System | 139 | $127,440.27 | $19,680.35 | $17,356.33 |
| Marion Communtiy Hospital Ocala, FL · HCA Healthcare | 136 | $218,795.10 | $18,187.85 | $14,346.28 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 135 | $97,082.75 | $15,460.49 | $13,629.29 |
| Delray Medical Center Delray Beach, FL · Tenet Healthcare | 134 | $207,960.11 | $13,450.51 | $11,938.99 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 133 | $81,132.60 | $14,697.56 | $12,130.92 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 132 | $148,048.67 | $18,842.86 | $14,550.17 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 131 | $118,023.47 | $27,049.87 | $20,939.48 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson, TN · West Tennessee Healthcare | 131 | $58,950.44 | $15,602.34 | $13,448.21 |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital Greenville, SC · Prisma Health | 126 | $77,428.96 | $18,560.25 | $14,367.37 |
| $114,705.41 |
| $20,172.38 |
| Pennsylvania | 68 | 2,505 | $104,074.63 | $14,649.83 |
| Illinois | 64 | 2,501 | $88,757.42 | $14,649.00 |
| Ohio | 66 | 2,169 | $84,288.65 | $13,817.80 |
| Virginia | 44 | 2,086 | $91,234.88 | $13,874.55 |
| North Carolina | 52 | 2,045 | $77,452.02 | $14,559.14 |
| New Jersey | 46 | 2,026 | $115,852.39 | $16,980.54 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | 1,884 | $56,946.55 | $18,306.61 |
| Georgia | 52 | 1,746 | $108,871.84 | $15,186.42 |
| Tennessee | 41 | 1,560 | $88,840.08 | $13,149.36 |
| Michigan | 49 | 1,526 | $68,984.10 | $14,946.43 |
| Missouri | 40 | 1,452 | $80,716.64 | $14,126.08 |
| South Carolina | 33 | 1,389 | $100,315.57 | $13,876.22 |
| Arizona | 35 | 1,359 | $117,411.08 | $15,363.73 |
| Maryland | 34 | 1,329 | $32,379.53 | $27,405.15 |
| Indiana | 40 | 1,322 | $87,684.40 | $13,980.79 |
| Washington | 39 | 1,203 | $96,657.25 | $16,046.34 |
| Oklahoma | 26 | 1,039 | $89,796.24 | $13,586.28 |
| Alabama | 32 | 1,029 | $93,497.07 | $12,543.84 |
| Minnesota | 24 | 1,024 | $64,112.34 | $15,626.13 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | 944 | $72,663.84 | $14,606.53 |
| Louisiana | 27 | 900 | $93,960.33 | $13,026.46 |
| Kentucky | 27 | 855 | $86,633.51 | $13,495.80 |
| Mississippi | 22 | 846 | $70,185.02 | $12,661.92 |
| Arkansas | 23 | 825 | $58,546.64 | $12,824.10 |
| Colorado | 23 | 775 | $129,239.70 | $14,648.83 |
| Connecticut | 20 | 723 | $73,374.96 | $18,691.97 |
| Iowa | 21 | 712 | $65,573.03 | $13,386.41 |
| Kansas | 20 | 679 | $90,257.54 | $14,134.37 |
| Nebraska | 17 | 541 | $73,588.51 | $14,585.77 |
| Oregon | 17 | 518 | $74,055.06 | $18,081.56 |
| Nevada | 14 | 493 | $144,837.89 | $16,726.58 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 439 | $73,288.12 | $12,977.26 |
| Utah | 10 | 383 | $70,781.79 | $14,336.24 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 365 | $72,839.58 | $15,331.52 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 360 | $92,747.80 | $15,682.49 |
| New Mexico | 9 | 327 | $91,502.89 | $16,331.63 |
| Delaware | 5 | 308 | $68,705.84 | $15,865.11 |
| Montana | 8 | 277 | $55,375.73 | $14,437.97 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 269 | $55,110.20 | $13,937.36 |
| Idaho | 10 | 268 | $86,588.99 | $14,708.80 |
| Maine | 10 | 252 | $64,895.29 | $15,150.08 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | 209 | $52,423.48 | $17,198.20 |
| Alaska | 6 | 183 | $139,081.58 | $22,958.78 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 182 | $68,305.59 | $20,465.80 |
| Vermont | 5 | 148 | $61,969.84 | $9,642.57 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 117 | $123,338.71 | $18,679.56 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 101 | $79,543.93 | $20,172.13 |