Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$15,647.90
2024
Average charge
$103,485.25
Hospital list price
Stays
6,436
338 hospitals
Medicare paid
$100.7M
For these stays
For DRG 516 (other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue o.r. procedures with cc), Medicare paid $15,647.90 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $103,485.25 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $18,980.57. In 2023 Medicare paid $15,061.61.
6,436 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 516 at 338 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $100.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 516 ($23,972.52) and Alabama the lowest ($12,208.42).
Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 516 in 2024: 84, with an average Medicare payment of $13,491.05.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 84 | $138,163.57 | $16,917.87 | $13,491.05 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 64 | $82,610.83 | $16,316.94 | $14,616.53 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 35 | 808 | $120,315.82 | $13,903.02 |
| California | 33 | 580 | $167,456.27 | $21,801.36 |
| Texas | 28 | 478 | $119,615.37 | $13,947.51 |
| Illinois | 23 | 437 |
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.
| 62 |
| $120,991.32 |
| $27,379.55 |
| $21,947.81 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 56 | $58,141.04 | $23,725.27 | $19,601.73 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 56 | $126,602.09 | $25,753.20 | $21,494.04 |
| Cjw Medical Center Richmond, VA · HCA Healthcare | 55 | $246,548.13 | $13,908.40 | $11,659.15 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 55 | $56,624.40 | $15,141.69 | $12,419.16 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 53 | $58,688.47 | $17,543.89 | $15,474.91 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital Gainesville, FL · HCA Healthcare | 52 | $207,538.67 | $17,572.81 | $15,019.63 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 51 | $112,318.00 | $15,254.29 | $13,666.73 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 45 | $63,900.02 | $15,392.71 | $14,002.62 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 44 | $45,156.41 | $16,176.32 | $14,472.25 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 42 | $54,544.10 | $14,437.40 | $12,152.90 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 41 | $86,928.34 | $16,102.10 | $13,222.93 |
| Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka, KS · Stormont Vail Health | 41 | $63,995.78 | $14,043.02 | $11,651.41 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 39 | $194,206.72 | $27,373.10 | $23,905.67 |
| St Josephs Hospital Tampa, FL · Baycare Health System | 38 | $78,917.37 | $16,101.63 | $14,753.11 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center Melbourne, FL · Health First | 36 | $134,366.92 | $16,236.08 | $14,898.56 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 36 | $321,007.83 | $34,640.72 | $29,694.75 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 36 | $33,046.25 | $16,490.19 | $15,034.08 |
| Regions Hospital Saint Paul, MN · HealthPartners | 34 | $61,641.65 | $18,522.35 | $16,693.82 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 34 | $84,234.79 | $22,335.74 | $18,238.21 |
| Bryan Medical Center Lincoln, NE · Bryan Health | 34 | $67,088.74 | $14,798.35 | $13,050.21 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 34 | $116,122.97 | $18,928.38 | $14,560.76 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA · Sutter Health | 32 | $123,066.44 | $22,769.16 | $18,979.31 |
| $81,901.94 |
| $14,528.11 |
| Ohio | 15 | 331 | $86,402.85 | $14,614.72 |
| New York | 14 | 274 | $144,498.17 | $20,346.34 |
| Virginia | 13 | 262 | $131,487.84 | $13,854.24 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 230 | $69,049.73 | $18,941.98 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 229 | $104,203.18 | $16,393.81 |
| North Carolina | 11 | 224 | $69,412.72 | $14,436.37 |
| Michigan | 11 | 218 | $60,852.00 | $14,461.94 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 197 | $55,764.79 | $16,911.12 |
| Georgia | 12 | 191 | $101,795.23 | $15,085.88 |
| Kansas | 7 | 180 | $95,194.12 | $13,196.04 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 175 | $90,756.94 | $13,922.14 |
| Indiana | 6 | 136 | $78,570.62 | $13,666.53 |
| Missouri | 6 | 121 | $84,402.94 | $13,752.72 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 113 | $77,098.27 | $13,779.22 |
| Colorado | 6 | 107 | $171,646.07 | $14,908.35 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 89 | $70,475.58 | $14,088.04 |
| Washington | 5 | 83 | $99,944.81 | $17,726.27 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 72 | $108,771.46 | $16,172.74 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 70 | $51,988.73 | $12,417.97 |
| Alabama | 3 | 67 | $114,724.12 | $12,208.42 |
| Arizona | 4 | 65 | $118,978.57 | $16,380.23 |
| Maryland | 5 | 61 | $28,623.66 | $23,972.52 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 61 | $83,966.66 | $14,928.39 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 60 | $119,218.33 | $13,305.75 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 52 | $54,167.73 | $12,763.94 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 49 | $59,025.41 | $13,669.16 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 47 | $83,836.74 | $15,176.94 |
| Idaho | 3 | 44 | $83,352.05 | $14,512.18 |
| Oregon | 3 | 40 | $66,675.53 | $16,432.75 |
| Utah | 2 | 32 | $53,705.31 | $15,599.25 |
| Delaware | 1 | 31 | $72,989.68 | $15,840.42 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 30 | $83,536.70 | $11,437.33 |
| Alaska | 2 | 29 | $144,830.79 | $16,527.52 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 28 | $46,373.36 | $13,337.43 |
| Iowa | 1 | 24 | $52,307.25 | $12,393.13 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 22 | $94,667.59 | $14,782.95 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 22 | $87,076.09 | $20,071.41 |
| Nevada | 1 | 18 | $88,774.72 | $15,819.22 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 14 | $108,049.79 | $17,189.86 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 12 | $41,147.75 | $17,455.58 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 11 | $82,131.73 | $20,160.27 |