Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$17,605.97
2024
Average charge
$101,671.84
Hospital list price
Stays
147
10 hospitals
Medicare paid
$2.6M
For these stays
For DRG 486 (knee procedures with principal diagnosis of infection with cc), Medicare paid $17,605.97 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $101,671.84 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $23,209.54. In 2023 Medicare paid $15,837.78.
147 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 486 at 10 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $2.6M for them.
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester in Rochester, MN had the most Medicare stays for DRG 486 in 2024: 24, with an average Medicare payment of $19,660.21.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 24 | $84,918.13 | $26,471.50 | $19,660.21 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 23 | $154,839.57 | $31,455.57 | $19,951.13 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 2 | 36 | $82,822.06 | $17,820.50 |
| New York | 1 | 23 | $154,839.57 | $19,951.13 |
| Illinois | 1 | 14 | $70,103.29 | $15,745.57 |
| California | 1 | 13 |
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.
| 14 |
| $70,103.29 |
| $17,771.00 |
| $15,745.57 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 13 | $115,171.54 | $19,575.54 | $17,731.77 |
| Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi Des Moines, IA · Central Iowa Hospital | 13 | $68,748.23 | $14,836.31 | $13,140.69 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 13 | $185,479.46 | $39,723.85 | $28,411.54 |
| Allina United Hospital Saint Paul, MN · Allina Health | 12 | $78,629.92 | $14,955.92 | $14,141.08 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 12 | $75,979.42 | $23,120.00 | $15,145.50 |
| Bethesda North Cincinnati, OH · TriHealth | 12 | $53,286.50 | $16,457.25 | $12,480.08 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Sioux Falls, SD · Avera Health | 11 | $97,093.64 | $16,913.91 | $15,002.36 |
| $185,479.46 |
| $28,411.54 |
| Iowa | 1 | 13 | $68,748.23 | $13,140.69 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 13 | $115,171.54 | $17,731.77 |
| Florida | 1 | 12 | $75,979.42 | $15,145.50 |
| Ohio | 1 | 12 | $53,286.50 | $12,480.08 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 11 | $97,093.64 | $15,002.36 |