Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$39,859.77
2024
Average charge
$235,440.44
Hospital list price
Stays
2,662
166 hospitals
Medicare paid
$106.1M
For these stays
For DRG 856 (postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. procedures with mcc), Medicare paid $39,859.77 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $235,440.44 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $50,616.55. In 2023 Medicare paid $39,308.93.
2,662 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 856 at 166 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $106.1M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 856 ($58,373.30) and Kansas the lowest ($30,403.42).
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester in Rochester, MN had the most Medicare stays for DRG 856 in 2024: 50, with an average Medicare payment of $41,499.82.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 50 | $136,558.68 | $62,793.72 | $41,499.82 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 36 | $261,495.61 | $62,836.33 | $55,025.22 |
| Adventhealth Orlando |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13 | 216 | $453,817.04 | $58,373.30 |
| Florida | 12 | 215 | $260,451.27 | $32,270.48 |
| Texas | 10 | 171 | $288,287.99 | $34,672.29 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 142 |
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 |
| $246,402.26 |
| $42,385.41 |
| $26,157.65 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 34 | $731,872.94 | $71,023.97 | $62,257.62 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 33 | $193,055.52 | $46,266.67 | $30,884.03 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 32 | $321,847.25 | $64,017.28 | $52,572.88 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 28 | $219,268.11 | $56,055.68 | $41,934.86 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · MedStar Health | 28 | $203,493.61 | $49,670.14 | $38,853.07 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 26 | $147,455.00 | $58,668.96 | $37,288.15 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 26 | $565,833.73 | $75,874.73 | $65,283.73 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 25 | $229,333.32 | $68,653.08 | $51,464.92 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 25 | $483,725.88 | $88,548.24 | $65,379.48 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 25 | $477,903.76 | $85,060.80 | $66,369.00 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL · Florida Health Sciences Center | 25 | $399,877.20 | $47,547.64 | $42,312.60 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 24 | $198,651.96 | $52,293.83 | $42,109.79 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 23 | $261,997.17 | $61,265.43 | $41,958.30 |
| Kettering Health Main Campus Kettering, OH · Kettering Health | 22 | $159,892.82 | $30,688.05 | $28,216.64 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 22 | $235,240.50 | $47,883.77 | $35,606.18 |
| Enloe Health Chico, CA · Enloe Medical Center | 22 | $190,279.32 | $40,485.86 | $39,521.50 |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL · Mayo Clinic | 22 | $123,539.23 | $51,841.45 | $29,538.09 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 22 | $198,380.50 | $34,552.41 | $30,581.73 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 22 | $147,142.86 | $53,334.91 | $39,762.77 |
| Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH · The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | 22 | $198,583.50 | $39,925.50 | $35,268.73 |
| University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI · UW Health | 22 | $182,645.18 | $54,565.64 | $43,766.59 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 21 | $1,036,215.33 | $183,119.95 | $77,073.29 |
| $346,848.43 |
| $44,009.27 |
| Ohio | 8 | 140 | $188,216.30 | $35,247.65 |
| Illinois | 11 | 140 | $224,700.59 | $39,605.32 |
| New York | 7 | 123 | $327,821.29 | $49,699.41 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 112 | $133,289.83 | $37,635.71 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 102 | $189,487.61 | $49,698.85 |
| Arizona | 6 | 87 | $163,928.89 | $37,228.26 |
| Georgia | 6 | 77 | $209,920.62 | $31,901.09 |
| Maryland | 5 | 72 | $65,203.03 | $58,224.06 |
| Missouri | 5 | 68 | $185,397.09 | $42,636.62 |
| Colorado | 5 | 68 | $273,370.07 | $31,793.44 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 66 | $227,398.38 | $31,683.64 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 59 | $244,672.22 | $39,164.63 |
| Indiana | 4 | 54 | $152,035.67 | $31,454.70 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 53 | $168,097.38 | $32,507.92 |
| Kansas | 2 | 50 | $255,869.62 | $30,403.42 |
| Virginia | 3 | 47 | $203,379.94 | $40,320.64 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 46 | $174,522.20 | $31,833.59 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 46 | $225,420.35 | $40,256.28 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 45 | $232,532.20 | $37,927.93 |
| Washington | 3 | 40 | $156,701.25 | $33,616.55 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 38 | $171,692.03 | $40,464.00 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 33 | $197,454.42 | $43,216.73 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 30 | $120,556.50 | $33,576.23 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 28 | $161,067.96 | $29,227.64 |
| Alabama | 2 | 28 | $400,505.61 | $53,942.04 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 26 | $146,283.88 | $30,951.50 |
| Utah | 2 | 26 | $101,124.65 | $39,804.54 |
| Michigan | 2 | 25 | $120,013.12 | $32,392.32 |
| Nevada | 2 | 25 | $215,116.12 | $38,290.12 |
| Delaware | 1 | 20 | $145,424.10 | $41,060.45 |
| Iowa | 1 | 20 | $201,045.20 | $41,223.95 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 18 | $74,829.06 | $24,389.00 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 15 | $97,508.60 | $32,641.87 |
| Maine | 1 | 15 | $241,351.20 | $59,033.40 |
| Oregon | 1 | 15 | $197,777.73 | $60,031.47 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $146,342.00 | $26,283.93 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 13 | $146,061.77 | $27,236.69 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 12 | $159,236.67 | $30,268.42 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 11 | $79,865.27 | $25,179.36 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 11 | $106,245.73 | $29,174.27 |