Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$21,074.82
2024
Average charge
$126,205.85
Hospital list price
Stays
4,378
258 hospitals
Medicare paid
$92.3M
For these stays
For DRG 659 (kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm with mcc), Medicare paid $21,074.82 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $126,205.85 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $25,369.19. In 2023 Medicare paid $20,936.72.
4,378 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 659 at 258 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $92.3M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 659 ($38,388.10) and Arkansas the lowest ($16,141.61).
Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 659 in 2024: 55, with an average Medicare payment of $16,748.89.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 55 | $174,408.56 | $22,061.67 | $16,748.89 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 45 | $125,708.27 | $20,985.51 | $19,293.27 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 24 | 423 | $147,523.75 | $18,171.82 |
| Illinois | 19 | 284 | $118,699.39 | $20,346.62 |
| New York | 14 | 280 | $198,543.74 | $30,239.41 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | 272 |
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.
| 44 |
| $198,339.16 |
| $35,957.84 |
| $28,636.89 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 38 | $83,174.82 | $18,540.58 | $16,335.24 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 36 | $92,361.64 | $39,004.89 | $27,846.58 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 34 | $129,764.50 | $37,243.91 | $28,683.29 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 34 | $316,433.88 | $46,710.18 | $40,418.38 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 32 | $205,909.47 | $31,687.78 | $22,896.97 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 31 | $546,082.13 | $47,454.45 | $37,861.77 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital Stratford, NJ · Jefferson Health | 31 | $131,138.42 | $22,168.19 | $20,069.97 |
| Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Saint Louis Park, MN · HealthPartners | 30 | $74,764.33 | $21,918.20 | $14,986.33 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Sioux Falls, SD · Avera Health | 29 | $109,103.83 | $21,408.03 | $17,736.69 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 29 | $138,172.03 | $19,133.52 | $17,936.48 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 29 | $148,851.83 | $32,639.31 | $26,756.24 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 29 | $302,245.93 | $48,287.90 | $43,003.55 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 29 | $164,875.86 | $25,303.48 | $21,793.24 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · Corewell Health | 28 | $73,016.39 | $17,576.04 | $15,134.43 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 27 | $176,008.11 | $27,021.11 | $22,859.63 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 27 | $154,216.44 | $32,120.85 | $20,092.15 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 27 | $77,949.52 | $18,872.37 | $15,761.11 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 26 | $103,290.92 | $19,204.58 | $18,021.65 |
| Lexington Medical Center West Columbia, SC · Lexington Medical Center | 26 | $93,168.15 | $19,251.73 | $16,383.31 |
| UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas, TX · The University of Texas System | 26 | $99,761.65 | $24,919.50 | $16,920.58 |
| Memorial Healthcare System, Inc Chattanooga, TN · CommonSpirit Health | 26 | $59,237.46 | $17,207.35 | $14,311.12 |
| Wesley Medical Center Wichita, KS · HCA Healthcare | 25 | $207,351.92 | $20,750.04 | $16,410.88 |
| $165,989.06 |
| $22,552.03 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 219 | $168,166.30 | $21,328.05 |
| Texas | 13 | 213 | $163,162.71 | $19,288.24 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 192 | $84,658.69 | $25,122.59 |
| Ohio | 12 | 191 | $115,101.14 | $18,225.32 |
| Virginia | 11 | 177 | $92,592.19 | $18,493.84 |
| California | 9 | 163 | $292,217.01 | $38,388.10 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 149 | $80,834.54 | $21,149.68 |
| Michigan | 8 | 139 | $70,442.76 | $18,221.78 |
| Missouri | 8 | 137 | $93,126.03 | $21,102.23 |
| Indiana | 8 | 132 | $81,752.79 | $18,098.48 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 130 | $102,174.12 | $20,563.32 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 120 | $109,928.05 | $18,048.91 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 104 | $69,351.23 | $16,141.61 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 90 | $90,008.62 | $17,139.60 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 79 | $75,297.63 | $16,787.42 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 76 | $80,038.58 | $16,401.46 |
| Georgia | 5 | 75 | $126,881.09 | $20,065.23 |
| Kansas | 3 | 67 | $170,400.51 | $18,390.57 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 60 | $69,812.92 | $16,509.17 |
| Iowa | 3 | 60 | $88,448.37 | $18,399.45 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 56 | $103,872.59 | $19,922.71 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 54 | $88,083.07 | $19,920.24 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 43 | $109,252.70 | $26,416.72 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 42 | $95,712.45 | $17,115.38 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 40 | $101,845.18 | $18,229.95 |
| Washington | 3 | 39 | $101,268.90 | $20,266.95 |
| Arizona | 3 | 38 | $98,996.00 | $20,620.00 |
| Alabama | 2 | 33 | $65,931.03 | $17,183.27 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 33 | $84,474.27 | $19,887.30 |
| Nevada | 2 | 32 | $73,019.69 | $19,780.69 |
| Delaware | 2 | 32 | $96,041.09 | $22,360.31 |
| Maryland | 2 | 27 | $25,587.52 | $20,275.74 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 22 | $53,103.59 | $15,484.00 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 16 | $67,330.88 | $16,023.13 |
| Alaska | 1 | 14 | $170,394.43 | $23,656.79 |
| Colorado | 1 | 13 | $251,800.15 | $25,049.77 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 12 | $179,655.75 | $36,124.75 |