Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$19,439.49
2024
Average charge
$124,843.32
Hospital list price
Stays
8,966
389 hospitals
Medicare paid
$174.3M
For these stays
For DRG 483 (major joint or limb reattachment procedures of upper extremities), Medicare paid $19,439.49 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $124,843.32 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $22,521.29. In 2023 Medicare paid $17,554.94.
8,966 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 483 at 389 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $174.3M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 483 ($27,940.25) and Alabama the lowest ($14,021.21).
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 483 in 2024: 117, with an average Medicare payment of $25,024.92.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 117 | $125,160.03 | $30,711.97 | $25,024.92 |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital LLC Rapid City, SD · Sanford Health | 106 | $45,719.15 | $17,370.71 | $15,588.51 |
| Orlando Health |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 32 | 836 | $185,140.33 | $17,220.83 |
| California | 28 | 791 | $186,421.36 | $27,013.05 |
| Texas | 23 | 625 | $185,225.04 | $16,523.51 |
| New York | 18 | 589 |
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.
| 100 |
| $206,489.95 |
| $20,968.08 |
| $19,101.09 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 91 | $270,829.05 | $35,083.48 | $29,958.33 |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 91 | $57,763.95 | $22,411.10 | $19,916.37 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 86 | $257,528.35 | $38,586.51 | $35,528.92 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 82 | $36,987.95 | $32,727.45 | $29,601.57 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek, CA · John Muir Health | 80 | $211,787.41 | $29,209.51 | $25,108.33 |
| HCA Healthone Rose Denver, CO · HCA Healthcare | 75 | $387,769.29 | $19,822.37 | $17,741.27 |
| Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute Leawood, KS | 75 | $56,322.03 | $16,097.25 | $14,508.77 |
| Texas Orthopedic Hospital Houston, TX · HCA Healthcare | 72 | $274,189.79 | $18,015.83 | $15,293.36 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 68 | $130,400.87 | $31,380.82 | $28,381.07 |
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center Austin, TX | 67 | $144,041.00 | $16,063.31 | $14,528.75 |
| Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery Lima, OH · Bon Secours Mercy Health | 67 | $88,085.21 | $15,668.30 | $14,109.37 |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Akron, OH | 65 | $69,987.17 | $15,709.60 | $14,102.71 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 63 | $107,213.67 | $30,402.70 | $27,199.40 |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · Ascension | 62 | $111,798.48 | $18,669.34 | $17,015.37 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 60 | $95,873.08 | $40,081.92 | $23,958.53 |
| Baylor Scott and White Orthopedic and Spine Hospi Arlington, TX · Tenet Healthcare | 60 | $87,404.25 | $17,202.73 | $14,138.25 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 57 | $181,794.81 | $19,451.89 | $17,153.21 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 56 | $111,855.29 | $31,862.59 | $23,598.48 |
| Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital Leonardtown, MD · MedStar Health | 55 | $31,232.87 | $29,395.85 | $26,297.62 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 54 | $104,564.33 | $21,790.41 | $18,587.11 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 52 | $195,382.21 | $21,872.85 | $16,891.25 |
| Hoag Orthopedic Institute Irvine, CA · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 51 | $147,991.00 | $23,030.76 | $21,590.76 |
| $135,225.23 |
| $25,950.94 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 390 | $68,195.84 | $21,440.29 |
| Ohio | 12 | 387 | $92,043.57 | $16,649.98 |
| Illinois | 16 | 336 | $115,565.65 | $18,462.06 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 308 | $99,696.07 | $18,143.08 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | 295 | $104,209.23 | $17,709.99 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 239 | $89,620.80 | $16,194.18 |
| Kansas | 8 | 226 | $59,064.75 | $16,152.37 |
| Michigan | 13 | 224 | $79,104.40 | $18,119.01 |
| Missouri | 10 | 222 | $84,917.80 | $16,742.23 |
| Maryland | 6 | 215 | $34,537.72 | $27,940.25 |
| Virginia | 11 | 201 | $170,107.91 | $17,778.99 |
| Colorado | 8 | 197 | $234,473.03 | $19,210.38 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 181 | $78,685.98 | $19,457.38 |
| Washington | 10 | 177 | $94,705.77 | $20,205.35 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 176 | $136,836.40 | $16,854.65 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 174 | $54,407.86 | $15,776.07 |
| Indiana | 8 | 166 | $99,602.23 | $16,840.69 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 162 | $96,735.40 | $16,124.92 |
| Arizona | 10 | 159 | $130,648.42 | $19,849.94 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 152 | $138,091.52 | $16,161.01 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 145 | $80,821.13 | $16,893.61 |
| Georgia | 7 | 116 | $108,537.03 | $19,621.22 |
| Alabama | 6 | 112 | $126,812.46 | $14,021.21 |
| Iowa | 5 | 107 | $87,674.54 | $16,640.84 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 95 | $82,751.99 | $22,496.43 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 89 | $64,357.57 | $15,565.43 |
| Utah | 2 | 87 | $60,165.68 | $20,738.11 |
| Nevada | 6 | 81 | $206,151.41 | $19,488.00 |
| New Jersey | 5 | 77 | $167,684.18 | $21,987.05 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 65 | $99,981.63 | $16,711.69 |
| Oregon | 4 | 64 | $114,638.41 | $20,638.86 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 61 | $137,645.62 | $15,127.41 |
| Montana | 4 | 58 | $77,136.55 | $17,245.05 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 47 | $77,656.62 | $20,764.77 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 47 | $128,790.21 | $16,693.49 |
| Maine | 3 | 46 | $89,675.50 | $19,460.28 |
| Alaska | 2 | 44 | $183,631.20 | $25,539.45 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 30 | $53,978.73 | $19,872.83 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 27 | $85,339.74 | $30,067.74 |
| Delaware | 1 | 26 | $97,994.08 | $22,469.04 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 18 | $77,859.50 | $18,165.94 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 13 | $83,355.85 | $15,583.23 |
| Idaho | 1 | 11 | $125,515.55 | $17,646.73 |