Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$16,402.19
2024
Average charge
$108,703.92
Hospital list price
Stays
409
28 hospitals
Medicare paid
$6.7M
For these stays
For DRG 501 (soft tissue procedures with cc), Medicare paid $16,402.19 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $108,703.92 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $21,875.63. In 2023 Medicare paid $13,581.65.
409 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 501 at 28 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $6.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, New York had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 501 ($19,696.15) and Massachusetts the lowest ($18,101.07).
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester in Rochester, MN had the most Medicare stays for DRG 501 in 2024: 26, with an average Medicare payment of $19,229.42.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 26 | $93,242.73 | $33,508.31 | $19,229.42 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 23 | $119,436.43 | $18,381.74 | $14,727.83 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 4 | 65 | $149,521.43 | $19,696.15 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 59 | $81,010.07 | $18,101.07 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 39 | $79,327.18 | $16,786.90 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 30 |
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.
| 21 |
| $82,580.24 |
| $21,194.86 |
| $18,037.14 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 21 | $134,084.43 | $17,318.19 | $14,368.33 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 19 | $177,080.89 | $25,857.16 | $18,762.47 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 17 | $117,707.29 | $26,175.76 | $14,160.00 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 16 | $115,627.38 | $25,752.56 | $20,719.63 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 16 | $197,780.88 | $29,288.25 | $24,450.25 |
| St Charles Medical Center - Bend Bend, OR · Saint Charles Health System | 15 | $57,030.80 | $17,667.80 | $16,777.07 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 15 | $176,754.07 | $30,588.27 | $25,610.00 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 14 | $95,701.71 | $24,885.86 | $14,360.36 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 14 | $50,146.36 | $16,237.71 | $13,070.71 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 14 | $105,571.71 | $20,888.64 | $15,377.14 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 13 | $134,780.46 | $23,819.23 | $20,603.46 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 13 | $164,932.08 | $20,250.31 | $16,847.23 |
| Memorial Healthcare System, Inc Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health | 13 | $40,671.00 | $10,524.15 | $8,886.92 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 13 | $55,816.00 | $24,765.23 | $20,446.62 |
| Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Saint Louis Park, MN · HealthPartners | 13 | $51,496.08 | $13,346.46 | $11,901.85 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 12 | $75,168.25 | $18,346.67 | $10,919.08 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · Southcoast Health System | 12 | $47,304.58 | $14,456.92 | $12,961.00 |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA · University of Virginia Health System | 12 | $108,254.25 | $24,967.67 | $13,914.50 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 11 | $62,327.27 | $17,689.64 | $14,178.73 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa, AZ · Banner Health | 11 | $61,583.55 | $14,338.27 | $12,694.64 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 11 | $298,658.27 | $28,192.27 | $24,126.09 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 11 | $101,241.73 | $23,792.91 | $13,932.91 |
| $84,324.90 |
| $11,875.00 |
| California | 2 | 26 | $228,328.92 | $24,982.19 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 23 | $119,436.43 | $14,727.83 |
| Virginia | 2 | 23 | $86,289.17 | $14,040.87 |
| Kansas | 1 | 21 | $134,084.43 | $14,368.33 |
| Oregon | 1 | 15 | $57,030.80 | $16,777.07 |
| Delaware | 1 | 14 | $50,146.36 | $13,070.71 |
| Missouri | 1 | 14 | $105,571.71 | $15,377.14 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 13 | $164,932.08 | $16,847.23 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 12 | $75,168.25 | $10,919.08 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 11 | $48,213.00 | $13,501.55 |
| Arizona | 1 | 11 | $61,583.55 | $12,694.64 |
| Florida | 1 | 11 | $101,241.73 | $13,932.91 |
| Alabama | 1 | 11 | $117,380.91 | $12,140.64 |
| Ohio | 1 | 11 | $105,421.27 | $14,677.82 |