Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$11,329.66
2024
Average charge
$79,349.43
Hospital list price
Stays
938
56 hospitals
Medicare paid
$10.6M
For these stays
For DRG 520 (back and neck procedures except spinal fusion without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $11,329.66 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $79,349.43 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $14,855.74. In 2023 Medicare paid $10,803.60.
938 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 520 at 56 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $10.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 520 ($13,778.85) and Florida the lowest ($9,008.95).
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 520 in 2024: 63, with an average Medicare payment of $11,784.49.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 63 | $78,481.51 | $18,702.17 | $11,784.49 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 32 | $76,760.88 | $10,850.59 | $9,293.22 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8 | 149 | $142,297.95 | $13,778.85 |
| New York | 4 | 119 | $94,178.63 | $13,501.77 |
| Florida | 5 | 96 | $79,103.75 | $9,008.95 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 64 |
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.
| 32 |
| $211,265.25 |
| $17,825.72 |
| $15,385.16 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara, CA · Cottage Health System | 29 | $66,220.34 | $16,284.41 | $12,871.48 |
| Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC Wichita, KS · Surgery Center Holdings | 25 | $24,224.08 | $8,952.28 | $7,320.28 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 24 | $99,262.63 | $23,872.29 | $14,569.50 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 23 | $25,152.04 | $22,154.87 | $20,522.87 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 20 | $78,148.10 | $11,641.05 | $9,398.70 |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla, CA · Scripps Health | 20 | $170,802.15 | $18,792.10 | $12,772.95 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 19 | $74,349.63 | $18,297.68 | $12,886.32 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 19 | $88,052.11 | $22,310.68 | $13,165.58 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 19 | $48,619.42 | $16,383.95 | $13,670.32 |
| Augusta Health Fishersville, VA · Augusta Health | 19 | $62,519.05 | $11,097.68 | $9,519.16 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek, CA · John Muir Health | 19 | $203,345.00 | $15,797.95 | $14,502.89 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 18 | $32,771.00 | $13,459.22 | $10,341.56 |
| 050785 | 18 | $86,009.67 | $13,223.44 | $11,591.44 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 18 | $149,046.44 | $19,278.94 | $16,265.89 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 17 | $65,793.71 | $14,582.59 | $10,479.59 |
| Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL · AdventHealth | 17 | $64,584.47 | $12,742.65 | $7,707.88 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 16 | $92,986.38 | $11,542.69 | $9,728.25 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 16 | $36,113.56 | $11,301.44 | $8,341.06 |
| Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ · HonorHealth | 16 | $110,925.31 | $11,452.88 | $9,735.13 |
| Virginia Hospital Center Arlington, VA · VHC Health | 16 | $41,734.63 | $11,238.63 | $9,415.50 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 15 | $58,851.13 | $12,419.80 | $10,489.20 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN · Allina Health | 15 | $45,927.87 | $11,435.53 | $9,628.07 |
| $78,071.08 |
| $11,499.61 |
| Texas | 3 | 44 | $88,423.68 | $7,990.41 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 43 | $68,206.84 | $12,860.93 |
| Virginia | 2 | 35 | $53,017.60 | $9,471.77 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 35 | $65,645.60 | $10,102.80 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 34 | $47,431.97 | $11,886.97 |
| Ohio | 2 | 30 | $68,712.93 | $9,379.63 |
| Arizona | 2 | 29 | $79,248.93 | $9,914.93 |
| Missouri | 2 | 28 | $65,116.29 | $10,148.04 |
| Illinois | 2 | 26 | $57,203.35 | $9,349.31 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 26 | $70,831.73 | $10,822.92 |
| Kansas | 1 | 25 | $24,224.08 | $7,320.28 |
| Maryland | 1 | 23 | $25,152.04 | $20,522.87 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 19 | $74,349.63 | $12,886.32 |
| Delaware | 1 | 18 | $32,771.00 | $10,341.56 |
| Indiana | 1 | 16 | $36,113.56 | $8,341.06 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 14 | $18,715.79 | $7,504.86 |
| Montana | 1 | 13 | $29,130.31 | $9,858.38 |
| Michigan | 1 | 12 | $43,881.25 | $10,444.08 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 11 | $21,750.00 | $12,261.00 |
| Vermont | 1 | 11 | $55,386.00 | $6,696.55 |