Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$14,568.16
2024
Average charge
$83,896.19
Hospital list price
Stays
4,466
284 hospitals
Medicare paid
$65.1M
For these stays
For DRG 617 (amputation of lower limb for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders with cc), Medicare paid $14,568.16 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $83,896.19 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $18,910.36. In 2023 Medicare paid $14,548.86.
4,466 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 617 at 284 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $65.1M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 617 ($20,998.13) and Mississippi the lowest ($10,494.02).
Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX had the most Medicare stays for DRG 617 in 2024: 44, with an average Medicare payment of $12,923.20.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 44 | $161,916.68 | $14,685.89 | $12,923.20 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 37 | $113,791.89 | $21,540.62 | $12,243.49 |
| Clovis Community Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 24 | 397 | $121,532.73 | $18,675.21 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 344 | $100,337.10 | $13,869.21 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 283 | $62,025.89 | $13,341.47 |
| Texas | 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.
| 34 |
| $99,220.74 |
| $18,487.71 |
| $16,735.06 |
| Unitypoint Health - Meriter Madison, WI · Iowa Health System | 33 | $51,368.27 | $17,199.12 | $10,764.82 |
| Renown Regional Medical Center Reno, NV · Renown Health | 32 | $61,896.75 | $17,629.47 | $15,168.47 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 32 | $64,285.28 | $14,159.84 | $11,673.06 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 31 | $245,758.77 | $30,841.65 | $23,965.77 |
| St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem, PA · Saint Lukes University Health Network | 31 | $151,666.87 | $18,729.16 | $15,512.03 |
| Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC · Novant Health | 30 | $56,326.20 | $14,138.10 | $12,913.30 |
| ECU Health Medical Center Greenville, NC · ECU Health | 30 | $40,792.97 | $18,938.73 | $13,610.87 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 29 | $20,697.07 | $19,087.21 | $17,722.52 |
| Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Ann Arbor, MI · Trinity Health | 29 | $51,846.17 | $17,499.31 | $11,941.76 |
| Wellspan York Hospital York, PA · Wellspan Health | 29 | $78,430.90 | $20,272.34 | $14,190.38 |
| Christus Mother Frances Hospital Tyler, TX · Christus Health | 28 | $120,664.39 | $13,640.75 | $12,237.89 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 28 | $99,504.89 | $18,050.57 | $14,629.00 |
| Memorial Medical Center Modesto, CA · Sutter Health | 27 | $111,470.78 | $20,151.41 | $18,941.11 |
| West Jersey Hospital Voorhees, NJ · Virtua Health | 27 | $133,693.81 | $19,356.37 | $12,702.70 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa, AZ · Banner Health | 27 | $55,941.19 | $16,340.63 | $11,796.81 |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center Ashland, KY · University of Kentucky Healthcare | 26 | $45,044.81 | $12,879.00 | $9,862.96 |
| Stormont Vail Hospital Topeka, KS · Stormont Vail Health | 25 | $69,799.16 | $12,753.40 | $11,078.92 |
| Winchester Medical Center Winchester, VA · Valley Health | 25 | $37,449.20 | $16,646.64 | $13,968.16 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · Sentara Healthcare | 25 | $47,051.60 | $14,334.68 | $11,180.44 |
| Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT · Hartford Healthcare | 24 | $79,627.42 | $21,932.92 | $15,819.50 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 24 | $72,366.50 | $16,006.67 | $12,969.67 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA · Sutter Health | 24 | $99,519.08 | $22,870.04 | $16,155.33 |
| $107,277.30 |
| $12,843.51 |
| Florida | 17 | 256 | $113,693.28 | $13,924.11 |
| Virginia | 14 | 214 | $62,384.79 | $12,970.63 |
| Maryland | 14 | 210 | $26,031.19 | $20,998.13 |
| Illinois | 12 | 177 | $68,954.66 | $12,670.50 |
| New York | 11 | 162 | $136,512.10 | $19,176.56 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 152 | $137,546.92 | $15,142.92 |
| Michigan | 8 | 142 | $52,171.86 | $12,604.85 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 138 | $53,495.28 | $14,286.80 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 123 | $54,298.20 | $16,911.35 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 115 | $67,976.21 | $10,778.23 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 105 | $82,680.26 | $12,676.02 |
| Missouri | 8 | 103 | $63,115.35 | $12,486.18 |
| Ohio | 8 | 101 | $82,856.89 | $13,329.91 |
| Arizona | 5 | 88 | $77,769.72 | $13,871.92 |
| Washington | 5 | 78 | $76,299.73 | $14,170.21 |
| Kansas | 4 | 73 | $84,440.47 | $14,174.14 |
| Georgia | 5 | 72 | $97,273.36 | $13,899.78 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 64 | $84,045.91 | $16,421.34 |
| Indiana | 4 | 61 | $76,899.43 | $12,748.36 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 60 | $75,707.35 | $15,949.50 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 57 | $54,865.04 | $10,494.02 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 53 | $52,103.62 | $11,869.81 |
| Nevada | 2 | 48 | $102,972.21 | $15,913.79 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 45 | $76,938.87 | $11,845.33 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 44 | $50,697.66 | $11,390.18 |
| Oregon | 3 | 39 | $53,756.46 | $16,926.67 |
| Idaho | 3 | 38 | $66,564.76 | $15,036.39 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 37 | $84,118.24 | $14,619.65 |
| Delaware | 2 | 36 | $74,984.28 | $15,609.17 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 34 | $75,657.15 | $12,214.06 |
| Vermont | 2 | 32 | $68,614.53 | $7,411.91 |
| Alabama | 2 | 31 | $124,307.26 | $10,422.35 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 28 | $79,781.04 | $12,958.43 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 22 | $116,167.27 | $20,220.68 |
| Alaska | 1 | 21 | $92,568.19 | $16,135.05 |
| Maine | 1 | 15 | $52,900.67 | $12,912.20 |
| Utah | 1 | 14 | $46,190.93 | $15,801.57 |
| Iowa | 1 | 14 | $48,149.50 | $11,841.21 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 13 | $57,588.92 | $16,493.31 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 12 | $51,775.50 | $17,286.42 |
| Montana | 1 | 12 | $47,615.17 | $13,754.58 |
| Colorado | 1 | 11 | $65,902.18 | $12,050.27 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 11 | $50,705.45 | $10,664.09 |