Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$8,054.07
2024
Average charge
$49,225.07
Hospital list price
Stays
8,898
404 hospitals
Medicare paid
$71.7M
For these stays
For DRG 543 (pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with cc), Medicare paid $8,054.07 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $49,225.07 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $10,378.93. In 2023 Medicare paid $7,992.93.
8,898 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 543 at 404 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $71.7M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 543 ($11,846.48) and Iowa the lowest ($6,484.79).
Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 543 in 2024: 138, with an average Medicare payment of $7,657.50.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 138 | $60,995.77 | $9,879.75 | $7,657.50 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 95 | $33,568.63 | $9,276.24 | $7,178.76 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 26 | 751 | $27,989.97 | $8,776.23 |
| California | 35 | 706 | $98,022.39 | $10,823.74 |
| Florida | 32 | 705 | $57,634.58 | $7,055.57 |
| Illinois | 22 | 660 |
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.
| 93 |
| $33,893.26 |
| $9,676.35 |
| $7,647.14 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA · Mass General Brigham | 88 | $27,440.27 | $9,433.99 | $7,734.25 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 77 | $96,204.58 | $15,391.49 | $11,125.09 |
| Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ · HonorHealth | 77 | $72,004.82 | $8,892.40 | $7,035.62 |
| Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Saint Louis Park, MN · HealthPartners | 75 | $27,192.93 | $8,472.48 | $6,426.13 |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 74 | $31,330.32 | $7,331.69 | $5,958.82 |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · Lifespan | 68 | $34,547.72 | $12,213.74 | $9,452.35 |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · Ohiohealth | 66 | $37,684.83 | $11,003.74 | $8,491.70 |
| North Shore Medical Center - Salem, MA · Mass General Brigham | 63 | $25,420.33 | $9,740.11 | $8,214.73 |
| Carilion Medical Center Roanoke, VA · Carilion Clinic | 62 | $27,205.02 | $9,187.02 | $7,190.32 |
| SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison, WI · SSM Health | 61 | $38,596.31 | $8,224.28 | $6,688.41 |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Fort Myers, FL · Lee Health | 60 | $51,634.12 | $7,817.15 | $6,482.22 |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry McHenry, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 59 | $43,406.59 | $8,453.81 | $6,909.02 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 59 | $41,680.42 | $15,916.95 | $10,222.66 |
| Honorhealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · HonorHealth | 57 | $66,330.39 | $8,174.51 | $6,986.16 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital la Jolla La Jolla, CA · Scripps Health | 56 | $66,209.36 | $10,258.73 | $8,932.73 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 53 | $29,698.43 | $8,461.25 | $6,831.36 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 53 | $208,290.21 | $19,238.06 | $15,197.55 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME · MaineHealth | 51 | $35,619.25 | $10,515.67 | $7,666.35 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 51 | $64,922.41 | $13,825.20 | $10,841.18 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas Encinitas, CA · Scripps Health | 51 | $48,797.71 | $10,031.18 | $8,646.90 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL · Northwestern Medicine | 51 | $48,257.98 | $8,874.29 | $7,562.29 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 50 | $117,430.94 | $15,543.80 | $11,775.20 |
| $41,722.98 |
| $7,408.72 |
| Ohio | 25 | 560 | $38,513.66 | $7,041.91 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 558 | $58,368.42 | $7,418.41 |
| New York | 23 | 522 | $71,273.29 | $10,131.80 |
| New Jersey | 20 | 377 | $73,670.94 | $8,091.83 |
| Arizona | 11 | 364 | $57,350.22 | $7,279.42 |
| Minnesota | 13 | 335 | $31,320.86 | $7,728.67 |
| Virginia | 12 | 290 | $35,442.27 | $7,180.36 |
| North Carolina | 16 | 282 | $36,475.95 | $7,852.05 |
| Washington | 10 | 222 | $38,275.13 | $7,994.43 |
| Missouri | 10 | 222 | $35,010.52 | $6,949.82 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 183 | $45,830.28 | $7,430.09 |
| Texas | 11 | 170 | $56,153.41 | $7,381.85 |
| Michigan | 8 | 159 | $34,200.89 | $7,348.23 |
| Indiana | 7 | 137 | $31,271.28 | $6,689.84 |
| Maryland | 8 | 120 | $14,697.73 | $11,846.48 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 107 | $31,335.14 | $7,577.16 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 91 | $29,701.01 | $6,941.96 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 91 | $46,705.78 | $7,248.54 |
| Oregon | 4 | 91 | $30,673.37 | $8,924.41 |
| Georgia | 6 | 89 | $39,018.56 | $8,847.89 |
| Kansas | 5 | 87 | $54,285.23 | $6,863.25 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 87 | $33,321.75 | $9,180.91 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 86 | $45,643.67 | $6,652.31 |
| Maine | 3 | 75 | $33,097.69 | $7,450.13 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 67 | $47,199.27 | $9,564.51 |
| Utah | 3 | 65 | $40,420.66 | $8,879.25 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 59 | $43,471.22 | $7,885.34 |
| Iowa | 4 | 53 | $38,675.19 | $6,484.79 |
| Idaho | 2 | 51 | $30,122.33 | $7,024.31 |
| Colorado | 3 | 40 | $65,807.82 | $6,690.63 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 39 | $35,310.03 | $7,617.21 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 39 | $38,701.54 | $7,990.82 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 38 | $23,189.58 | $6,835.92 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 37 | $39,868.59 | $7,778.30 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 35 | $31,811.86 | $7,291.14 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 33 | $32,607.30 | $8,504.12 |
| Alabama | 2 | 30 | $30,763.70 | $6,817.10 |
| Delaware | 1 | 29 | $34,377.72 | $8,017.93 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 27 | $44,994.48 | $6,297.44 |
| Nevada | 2 | 27 | $50,854.11 | $9,696.52 |
| Vermont | 2 | 25 | $51,947.48 | $3,675.80 |
| Alaska | 1 | 22 | $101,909.68 | $8,813.41 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 15 | $41,057.33 | $7,617.73 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 14 | $21,700.79 | $8,594.21 |
| Montana | 1 | 12 | $18,931.83 | $6,776.67 |