Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$11,077.16
2024
Average charge
$86,724.49
Hospital list price
Stays
49
3 hospitals
Medicare paid
$543K
For these stays
For DRG 502 (soft tissue procedures without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $11,077.16 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $86,724.49 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $15,848.73. In 2023 Medicare paid $12,900.31.
49 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 502 at 3 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $543K for them.
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 502 in 2024: 26, with an average Medicare payment of $11,018.04.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 26 | $95,484.85 | $16,529.38 | $11,018.04 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 12 | $47,203.25 | $11,852.08 | $10,106.42 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1 | 26 | $95,484.85 | $11,018.04 |
| Illinois | 1 | 12 | $47,203.25 | $10,106.42 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | $109,132.27 | $12,275.91 |
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.
| 11 |
| $109,132.27 |
| $18,599.91 |
| $12,275.91 |