Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$12,844.71
2024
Average charge
$83,779.80
Hospital list price
Stays
284
17 hospitals
Medicare paid
$3.6M
For these stays
For DRG 615 (adrenal and pituitary procedures without cc/mcc), Medicare paid $12,844.71 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $83,779.80 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $16,447.63. In 2023 Medicare paid $14,496.08.
284 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 615 at 17 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $3.6M for them.
HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital in Tampa, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 615 in 2024: 51, with an average Medicare payment of $10,452.55.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Tampa, FL · HCA Healthcare | 51 | $117,334.20 | $12,084.55 | $10,452.55 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 25 | $122,902.56 | $17,911.12 | $13,308.68 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1 | 51 | $117,334.20 | $10,452.55 |
| New York | 2 | 30 | $111,056.87 | $15,293.00 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 29 | $70,766.83 | $14,877.86 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 25 |
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.
| 19 |
| $79,312.26 |
| $23,892.84 |
| $14,444.26 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 19 | $57,325.63 | $18,063.68 | $13,251.95 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 18 | $42,865.56 | $15,344.33 | $12,986.17 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 15 | $82,382.73 | $15,981.20 | $11,204.40 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 15 | $69,691.07 | $16,834.73 | $14,741.93 |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO · University of Colorado Health | 14 | $82,202.00 | $16,621.57 | $11,977.29 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 14 | $24,828.57 | $22,300.21 | $18,425.43 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 14 | $71,919.43 | $16,965.36 | $15,023.50 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 13 | $119,006.08 | $23,923.62 | $21,486.15 |
| UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas, TX · The University of Texas System | 12 | $47,965.58 | $13,358.92 | $9,148.83 |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 11 | $54,988.09 | $10,073.73 | $7,791.82 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 11 | $165,888.45 | $19,055.27 | $16,759.00 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 11 | $65,497.45 | $14,439.36 | $10,251.55 |
| University of Washington Medical Ctr Seattle, WA · UW Medicine | 11 | $60,633.45 | $14,614.64 | $12,375.36 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 11 | $58,454.45 | $13,425.36 | $8,081.73 |
| $122,902.56 |
| $13,308.68 |
| Texas | 2 | 23 | $51,324.17 | $8,499.83 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 19 | $57,325.63 | $13,251.95 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 18 | $42,865.56 | $12,986.17 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 15 | $82,382.73 | $11,204.40 |
| Maryland | 1 | 14 | $24,828.57 | $18,425.43 |
| Colorado | 1 | 14 | $82,202.00 | $11,977.29 |
| California | 1 | 13 | $119,006.08 | $21,486.15 |
| Washington | 1 | 11 | $60,633.45 | $12,375.36 |
| Ohio | 1 | 11 | $65,497.45 | $10,251.55 |
| Alabama | 1 | 11 | $58,454.45 | $8,081.73 |