Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$19,354.28
2024
Average charge
$84,427.32
Hospital list price
Stays
82
4 hospitals
Medicare paid
$1.6M
For these stays
For DRG 496 (local excision and removal of internal fixation devices except hip and femur with cc), Medicare paid $19,354.28 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $84,427.32 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $24,312.88. In 2023 Medicare paid $19,451.68.
82 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 496 at 4 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $1.6M for them.
Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, CA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 496 in 2024: 36, with an average Medicare payment of $18,341.19.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks, CA · Prime Healthcare | 36 | $62,390.22 | $19,973.19 | $18,341.19 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 18 | $68,853.33 | $27,342.33 | $16,613.56 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2 | 49 | $82,048.45 | $21,035.63 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 18 | $68,853.33 | $16,613.56 |
| New York | 1 | 15 | $110,887.07 | $17,150.73 |
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.
| 15 |
| $110,887.07 |
| $24,342.93 |
| $17,150.73 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 13 | $136,486.62 | $32,101.15 | $28,497.15 |