Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$6,632.07
2024
Average charge
$39,872.15
Hospital list price
Stays
3,500
200 hospitals
Medicare paid
$23.2M
For these stays
For DRG 554 (bone diseases and arthropathies without mcc), Medicare paid $6,632.07 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $39,872.15 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,815.33. In 2023 Medicare paid $6,431.38.
3,500 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 554 at 200 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $23.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 554 ($10,185.60) and Virginia the lowest ($4,908.29).
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 554 in 2024: 82, with an average Medicare payment of $8,732.71.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 82 | $88,951.74 | $12,048.54 | $8,732.71 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 54 | $37,449.46 | $7,749.85 | $5,939.83 |
| West Jersey Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 16 | 462 | $64,122.23 | $7,937.88 |
| Illinois | 19 | 311 | $31,523.08 | $5,662.59 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 281 | $20,283.99 | $6,394.12 |
| New Jersey | 16 | 281 |
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.
| 49 |
| $70,135.59 |
| $6,742.37 |
| $5,506.29 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 48 | $75,080.92 | $12,064.75 | $9,068.13 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · Montefiore Medical Center | 46 | $79,706.85 | $13,775.07 | $8,940.57 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 42 | $60,359.38 | $7,636.43 | $5,355.24 |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 Arlington Heights, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 40 | $18,281.10 | $6,190.58 | $5,048.18 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 39 | $69,540.54 | $10,508.72 | $7,472.44 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 37 | $60,393.46 | $11,146.84 | $8,705.32 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 36 | $24,112.06 | $5,857.53 | $4,553.44 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 36 | $71,451.31 | $10,816.14 | $8,437.69 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 36 | $11,994.22 | $6,839.86 | $5,525.19 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 33 | $40,120.42 | $7,167.58 | $5,861.91 |
| Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY · Northwell Health | 32 | $43,473.38 | $9,634.25 | $7,750.09 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 32 | $20,336.41 | $17,913.50 | $16,602.06 |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health Care | 30 | $30,290.50 | $9,261.17 | $6,220.90 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 30 | $27,677.13 | $7,987.33 | $5,581.33 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 30 | $131,835.23 | $11,505.57 | $8,802.57 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 29 | $30,721.14 | $6,455.52 | $4,657.93 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 29 | $39,590.55 | $6,430.72 | $5,086.72 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · Prime Healthcare | 29 | $25,789.72 | $8,837.38 | $7,482.48 |
| Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD · MedStar Health | 27 | $13,455.52 | $11,914.85 | $10,585.07 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · Corewell Health | 27 | $24,098.00 | $7,881.33 | $5,657.67 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 26 | $43,142.77 | $7,382.50 | $5,450.00 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 25 | $44,119.16 | $11,531.88 | $7,975.28 |
| $61,504.85 |
| $6,428.37 |
| Maryland | 16 | 280 | $12,988.07 | $10,185.60 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | 271 | $39,482.35 | $5,696.19 |
| Florida | 14 | 261 | $47,512.74 | $5,372.76 |
| California | 13 | 228 | $68,743.99 | $8,171.05 |
| Michigan | 8 | 162 | $22,450.22 | $5,439.94 |
| Missouri | 6 | 79 | $21,535.82 | $5,263.66 |
| Ohio | 6 | 78 | $29,391.10 | $5,322.01 |
| Virginia | 5 | 66 | $38,946.58 | $4,908.29 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 65 | $27,537.52 | $5,730.00 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 64 | $28,581.17 | $5,986.92 |
| Arizona | 5 | 61 | $37,614.66 | $5,390.92 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 53 | $31,314.75 | $6,251.04 |
| Texas | 3 | 52 | $38,663.44 | $5,974.92 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 48 | $28,090.77 | $4,837.13 |
| Indiana | 4 | 47 | $23,358.77 | $5,104.34 |
| Kansas | 2 | 37 | $42,293.03 | $5,415.97 |
| Washington | 2 | 31 | $35,741.00 | $6,115.48 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 31 | $24,634.48 | $6,935.81 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 31 | $49,792.61 | $7,970.32 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 30 | $40,382.20 | $6,841.27 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 28 | $29,593.11 | $5,081.54 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 25 | $19,412.92 | $4,964.64 |
| Delaware | 1 | 23 | $22,548.48 | $5,590.17 |
| Alabama | 1 | 14 | $19,643.50 | $5,127.00 |
| Utah | 1 | 13 | $30,989.15 | $7,800.46 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 13 | $35,268.54 | $6,266.23 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 13 | $30,763.54 | $4,539.92 |
| Maine | 1 | 13 | $24,737.92 | $6,607.69 |
| Nevada | 1 | 12 | $88,334.08 | $7,415.67 |
| Georgia | 1 | 11 | $52,937.82 | $17,019.45 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 11 | $23,600.55 | $5,725.36 |