Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$16,124.37
2024
Average charge
$102,984.47
Hospital list price
Stays
3,713
196 hospitals
Medicare paid
$59.9M
For these stays
For DRG 519 (back and neck procedures except spinal fusion with cc), Medicare paid $16,124.37 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $102,984.47 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $20,542.47. In 2023 Medicare paid $16,107.91.
3,713 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 519 at 196 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $59.9M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 519 ($27,587.22) and Texas the lowest ($12,852.21).
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 519 in 2024: 93, with an average Medicare payment of $18,123.09.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 93 | $95,551.04 | $22,828.32 | $18,123.09 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 73 | $73,252.41 | $25,593.49 | $18,550.19 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | 405 | $184,076.35 | $21,329.53 |
| New York | 10 | 321 | $116,514.12 | $19,810.28 |
| Florida | 15 | 271 | $125,650.47 | $13,060.88 |
| Texas | 14 | 263 |
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.
| 73 |
| $282,572.66 |
| $28,572.25 |
| $20,174.00 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 70 | $140,941.10 | $29,181.99 | $21,486.53 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 65 | $94,343.09 | $24,361.22 | $19,682.66 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 42 | $82,265.83 | $20,631.60 | $16,365.50 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 41 | $255,190.59 | $31,626.07 | $27,922.54 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 40 | $183,106.95 | $33,983.48 | $29,020.90 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 39 | $33,004.74 | $29,473.38 | $24,553.67 |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 37 | $91,780.19 | $13,159.43 | $10,835.89 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 36 | $132,147.58 | $20,412.56 | $12,743.33 |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 35 | $44,999.11 | $16,638.26 | $14,856.06 |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · Providence | 34 | $74,640.68 | $18,057.82 | $16,541.68 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 33 | $52,227.15 | $15,464.09 | $13,738.21 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 33 | $178,997.91 | $28,702.97 | $21,068.03 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 33 | $107,722.09 | $24,980.79 | $19,927.88 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 32 | $116,507.09 | $22,461.63 | $15,307.66 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 31 | $116,822.90 | $29,756.90 | $22,919.55 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek, CA · John Muir Health | 30 | $215,922.43 | $22,510.83 | $19,619.10 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 30 | $53,849.07 | $13,408.27 | $11,195.73 |
| University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI · UW Health | 29 | $82,449.24 | $21,310.72 | $16,209.28 |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo Fargo, ND · Sanford Health | 29 | $52,886.83 | $16,578.97 | $13,097.79 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 28 | $80,972.86 | $25,165.64 | $17,907.50 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 28 | $139,092.96 | $18,165.14 | $14,450.25 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 27 | $176,356.63 | $22,286.33 | $17,273.67 |
| $114,998.11 |
| $12,852.21 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 235 | $64,483.93 | $17,961.16 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 172 | $119,246.35 | $15,905.07 |
| Illinois | 10 | 170 | $84,424.27 | $14,700.40 |
| Ohio | 9 | 165 | $86,174.73 | $13,854.58 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 152 | $63,574.32 | $15,900.24 |
| Maryland | 5 | 101 | $33,993.52 | $27,587.22 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 99 | $74,417.57 | $13,108.88 |
| Georgia | 6 | 85 | $114,661.25 | $16,170.91 |
| Michigan | 5 | 80 | $71,652.31 | $14,500.43 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 78 | $85,383.87 | $15,433.42 |
| Washington | 5 | 77 | $91,099.77 | $15,279.14 |
| Missouri | 3 | 74 | $77,030.80 | $15,355.34 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 67 | $107,438.66 | $14,885.90 |
| Virginia | 5 | 67 | $77,716.40 | $15,455.36 |
| Arizona | 4 | 59 | $138,527.85 | $14,285.64 |
| Colorado | 3 | 53 | $167,415.60 | $15,147.64 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 50 | $91,380.90 | $17,597.04 |
| Kansas | 3 | 47 | $73,827.02 | $11,252.15 |
| Indiana | 2 | 47 | $57,484.70 | $11,616.96 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 46 | $104,321.26 | $11,783.48 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 42 | $90,930.57 | $16,215.57 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 40 | $77,915.65 | $14,959.75 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 40 | $52,341.67 | $12,793.70 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 40 | $54,803.38 | $13,830.65 |
| Alabama | 2 | 40 | $93,765.83 | $11,930.80 |
| Nevada | 3 | 37 | $202,302.43 | $16,584.84 |
| Oregon | 2 | 31 | $63,636.52 | $16,316.84 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 30 | $48,007.47 | $10,308.30 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 29 | $52,886.83 | $13,097.79 |
| Montana | 1 | 26 | $56,391.19 | $14,057.96 |
| Utah | 2 | 24 | $46,725.46 | $15,688.79 |
| Idaho | 2 | 24 | $91,888.33 | $13,606.75 |
| Delaware | 1 | 22 | $46,062.59 | $14,873.95 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 20 | $63,042.90 | $12,532.10 |
| Iowa | 1 | 17 | $106,807.06 | $16,956.82 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 17 | $96,392.59 | $12,132.24 |
| Maine | 1 | 14 | $51,723.57 | $15,177.64 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 13 | $47,875.00 | $17,107.15 |
| Alaska | 1 | 12 | $129,475.42 | $15,331.75 |
| Vermont | 1 | 11 | $69,499.73 | $8,506.55 |