Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$6,446.25
2024
Average charge
$37,742.94
Hospital list price
Stays
54,310
1,685 hospitals
Medicare paid
$350.1M
For these stays
For DRG 603 (cellulitis without mcc), Medicare paid $6,446.25 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $37,742.94 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,641.71. In 2023 Medicare paid $6,210.89.
54,310 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 603 at 1,685 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $350.1M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Alaska had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 603 ($10,480.57) and Vermont the lowest ($3,941.41).
NYU Langone Hospitals in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 603 in 2024: 303, with an average Medicare payment of $9,548.47.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 303 | $90,210.87 | $13,991.58 | $9,548.47 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 247 | $53,416.66 | $8,462.85 | $5,704.91 |
| West Jersey Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 128 | 5,291 | $45,139.41 | $5,840.48 |
| California | 151 | 4,854 | $62,989.38 | $8,589.07 |
| New York | 97 | 4,183 | $52,081.58 | $8,023.39 |
| Texas | 108 | 2,984 |
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.
| 202 |
| $71,663.71 |
| $7,440.29 |
| $5,632.33 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 190 | $11,861.29 | $7,320.09 | $5,688.62 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 183 | $85,349.73 | $13,881.81 | $9,191.60 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 178 | $25,161.88 | $8,051.66 | $6,134.67 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 172 | $63,073.57 | $12,236.35 | $9,054.04 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 166 | $35,648.74 | $6,917.80 | $5,405.75 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 164 | $27,086.65 | $8,764.93 | $6,339.02 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 157 | $136,478.52 | $12,234.22 | $9,030.58 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, FL · Baptist Health South Florida | 155 | $29,052.38 | $6,700.92 | $4,940.84 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 151 | $54,092.52 | $9,176.75 | $6,833.99 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 148 | $32,880.33 | $6,784.32 | $5,081.94 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 139 | $41,920.36 | $8,224.28 | $6,205.41 |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · Cleveland Clinic | 138 | $27,951.69 | $5,937.72 | $4,538.64 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 136 | $75,725.43 | $11,549.91 | $7,740.25 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 135 | $21,923.81 | $6,392.85 | $4,725.13 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 133 | $9,115.66 | $8,430.11 | $7,041.88 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 128 | $47,395.85 | $7,763.15 | $5,600.62 |
| Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 116 | $51,816.72 | $9,634.39 | $6,070.27 |
| Bethesda Hospital East Boynton Beach, FL · Baptist Health South Florida | 113 | $41,499.92 | $7,306.54 | $5,759.14 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA · Sutter Health | 113 | $45,177.72 | $9,400.82 | $7,617.30 |
| Jupiter Medical Center Jupiter, FL · Jupiter Medical Center | 112 | $28,277.80 | $5,900.26 | $4,647.40 |
| Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 110 | $61,144.75 | $8,097.79 | $5,795.37 |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · Trinity Health | 107 | $20,780.94 | $7,257.63 | $5,477.54 |
| $41,307.20 |
| $6,398.93 |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | 2,909 | $37,614.63 | $5,654.58 |
| Illinois | 70 | 2,768 | $30,317.26 | $5,935.80 |
| New Jersey | 53 | 2,759 | $62,358.67 | $6,513.26 |
| Massachusetts | 46 | 2,244 | $18,263.94 | $6,677.94 |
| Ohio | 73 | 2,076 | $26,016.29 | $5,304.99 |
| North Carolina | 48 | 1,686 | $25,267.19 | $6,057.97 |
| Maryland | 36 | 1,654 | $12,342.53 | $9,474.81 |
| Michigan | 47 | 1,509 | $21,856.59 | $5,766.26 |
| Virginia | 47 | 1,461 | $26,800.13 | $5,504.01 |
| Arizona | 40 | 1,272 | $36,108.87 | $6,249.24 |
| Missouri | 41 | 1,254 | $29,604.06 | $5,587.77 |
| Indiana | 41 | 1,079 | $27,456.78 | $5,612.56 |
| Georgia | 44 | 1,011 | $34,323.28 | $6,383.31 |
| Tennessee | 34 | 889 | $29,329.30 | $5,338.37 |
| South Carolina | 30 | 799 | $32,285.21 | $5,682.60 |
| Connecticut | 23 | 797 | $30,673.02 | $7,419.01 |
| Washington | 30 | 732 | $34,731.46 | $6,427.49 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | 688 | $28,991.12 | $5,625.19 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 679 | $26,730.78 | $5,853.32 |
| Alabama | 31 | 676 | $29,761.82 | $5,169.08 |
| Kentucky | 22 | 655 | $26,575.36 | $5,004.31 |
| Louisiana | 20 | 629 | $28,868.69 | $4,810.13 |
| West Virginia | 16 | 485 | $23,464.20 | $4,903.20 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | 481 | $34,895.00 | $5,695.90 |
| Arkansas | 20 | 436 | $27,151.51 | $4,937.09 |
| Oregon | 16 | 413 | $28,517.05 | $6,939.25 |
| Iowa | 15 | 412 | $24,520.05 | $4,937.51 |
| Kansas | 14 | 396 | $41,918.53 | $5,240.02 |
| Mississippi | 16 | 373 | $33,681.91 | $5,343.08 |
| Delaware | 6 | 354 | $26,107.57 | $6,181.79 |
| Colorado | 18 | 349 | $50,010.98 | $5,850.64 |
| Nevada | 13 | 340 | $76,795.32 | $6,891.19 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 333 | $26,940.85 | $6,121.27 |
| Nebraska | 12 | 270 | $23,200.25 | $5,626.70 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 223 | $29,284.83 | $6,088.42 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 201 | $22,972.95 | $6,614.19 |
| Hawaii | 7 | 200 | $32,244.47 | $7,855.17 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 181 | $24,979.37 | $6,562.87 |
| Maine | 9 | 175 | $25,789.17 | $6,004.23 |
| Alaska | 7 | 132 | $47,424.47 | $10,480.57 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 128 | $21,778.95 | $5,625.50 |
| Vermont | 6 | 128 | $25,064.43 | $3,941.41 |
| Montana | 5 | 111 | $17,260.11 | $5,506.75 |
| Idaho | 4 | 96 | $26,921.04 | $5,722.54 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 96 | $37,093.49 | $6,732.13 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 77 | $26,143.45 | $8,273.31 |
| Utah | 3 | 70 | $22,744.79 | $6,557.31 |