Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$15,128.61
2024
Average charge
$89,227.29
Hospital list price
Stays
3,536
184 hospitals
Medicare paid
$53.5M
For these stays
For DRG 542 (pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with mcc), Medicare paid $15,128.61 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $89,227.29 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $18,732.11. In 2023 Medicare paid $15,273.98.
3,536 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 542 at 184 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $53.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 542 ($21,098.43) and Indiana the lowest ($11,109.58).
Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH had the most Medicare stays for DRG 542 in 2024: 64, with an average Medicare payment of $13,855.75.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 64 | $52,523.34 | $15,676.11 | $13,855.75 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 63 | $51,450.27 | $14,566.76 | $12,502.06 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 15 | 369 | $52,551.96 | $15,861.72 |
| Illinois | 13 | 298 | $64,863.38 | $13,010.86 |
| New York | 13 | 276 | $162,714.36 | $20,165.86 |
| Florida | 15 | 241 |
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.
| 59 |
| $220,426.98 |
| $28,109.42 |
| $23,184.90 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 50 | $184,787.82 | $24,343.88 | $19,753.88 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 46 | $112,393.57 | $15,791.20 | $13,088.43 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 45 | $55,646.40 | $16,120.22 | $13,603.36 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 44 | $92,568.09 | $23,198.82 | $18,831.55 |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · Lifespan | 43 | $47,284.60 | $19,241.26 | $14,863.79 |
| University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI · UW Health | 42 | $91,642.88 | $22,992.71 | $16,208.31 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 39 | $49,437.23 | $19,970.28 | $13,165.67 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 37 | $144,139.84 | $19,088.49 | $14,036.73 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA · Mass General Brigham | 37 | $39,178.97 | $14,917.35 | $13,365.65 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 35 | $68,465.60 | $30,954.14 | $19,242.77 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 34 | $119,399.65 | $23,168.12 | $18,806.21 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 34 | $54,815.71 | $13,236.24 | $11,805.03 |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO · Mercy | 33 | $42,101.85 | $13,987.58 | $12,616.91 |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry McHenry, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 33 | $57,974.27 | $12,907.70 | $11,586.30 |
| Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA · Carilion Clinic | 33 | $50,714.12 | $14,871.58 | $12,243.52 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth Plymouth, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 32 | $21,826.97 | $14,158.31 | $12,781.31 |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 32 | $31,840.44 | $17,797.97 | $15,014.41 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 32 | $319,756.78 | $33,277.16 | $23,668.84 |
| Regions Hospital Saint Paul, MN · HealthPartners | 32 | $49,911.09 | $17,214.59 | $15,305.94 |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 32 | $47,783.63 | $11,673.50 | $10,449.50 |
| St Charles Medical Center - Bend Bend, OR · Saint Charles Health System | 32 | $47,910.22 | $18,485.09 | $16,935.09 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 31 | $38,563.48 | $11,996.68 | $10,166.68 |
| $92,274.17 |
| $12,520.57 |
| California | 13 | 237 | $194,838.15 | $21,098.43 |
| Ohio | 6 | 201 | $55,743.86 | $12,644.61 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 157 | $145,313.86 | $16,077.28 |
| Arizona | 8 | 148 | $87,394.75 | $12,574.70 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 126 | $58,139.48 | $15,423.62 |
| Virginia | 5 | 122 | $50,855.86 | $12,543.27 |
| New Jersey | 7 | 120 | $118,601.63 | $15,893.66 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 103 | $64,965.80 | $13,714.42 |
| Missouri | 5 | 97 | $61,277.14 | $13,544.52 |
| Washington | 5 | 88 | $58,833.74 | $14,349.78 |
| Michigan | 5 | 84 | $70,011.64 | $13,160.08 |
| Texas | 5 | 68 | $120,293.94 | $13,102.47 |
| Oregon | 3 | 63 | $54,458.62 | $16,844.03 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 56 | $66,262.45 | $12,592.29 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 55 | $60,817.60 | $14,660.60 |
| Indiana | 2 | 52 | $44,797.27 | $11,109.58 |
| Colorado | 4 | 48 | $143,523.23 | $13,084.04 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 46 | $50,517.00 | $15,308.26 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 43 | $47,284.60 | $14,863.79 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 40 | $54,893.37 | $12,532.27 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 37 | $76,583.59 | $11,952.14 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 34 | $54,815.71 | $11,805.03 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 30 | $58,135.93 | $15,789.63 |
| Georgia | 2 | 28 | $71,175.64 | $13,203.68 |
| Kansas | 2 | 27 | $84,954.67 | $11,932.89 |
| Nevada | 2 | 24 | $131,604.54 | $14,116.46 |
| Idaho | 1 | 24 | $50,605.17 | $11,702.33 |
| Utah | 1 | 22 | $51,440.82 | $16,182.27 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 19 | $93,330.74 | $20,031.32 |
| Delaware | 1 | 19 | $77,654.16 | $14,549.95 |
| Maryland | 1 | 17 | $66,696.47 | $52,736.53 |
| Iowa | 1 | 17 | $114,216.06 | $15,031.82 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 16 | $52,655.56 | $14,260.44 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 14 | $67,390.57 | $12,551.93 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 13 | $70,884.54 | $14,669.00 |
| Alaska | 1 | 12 | $183,780.67 | $17,677.58 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 12 | $112,213.00 | $18,911.67 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 11 | $33,393.64 | $10,760.09 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 11 | $27,120.00 | $12,694.64 |