Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$18,672.84
2024
Average charge
$113,001.62
Hospital list price
Stays
2,444
149 hospitals
Medicare paid
$45.6M
For these stays
For DRG 857 (postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. procedures with cc), Medicare paid $18,672.84 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $113,001.62 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $23,758.23. In 2023 Medicare paid $17,241.20.
2,444 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 857 at 149 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $45.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 857 ($33,555.10) and Tennessee the lowest ($14,541.56).
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester in Rochester, MN had the most Medicare stays for DRG 857 in 2024: 45, with an average Medicare payment of $22,310.87.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 45 | $87,270.84 | $36,134.76 | $22,310.87 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 39 | $121,578.05 | $29,582.64 | $24,002.13 |
| University of Kansas Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16 | 233 | $130,065.63 | $14,760.80 |
| Texas | 12 | 183 | $121,041.23 | $16,564.50 |
| New York | 9 | 159 | $157,729.98 | $21,894.26 |
| California | 9 | 157 |
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 |
| $103,022.79 |
| $18,766.32 |
| $15,514.65 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY | 32 | $137,055.19 | $32,166.13 | $19,820.75 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 32 | $133,828.25 | $27,457.00 | $20,521.44 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 31 | $340,150.23 | $25,527.48 | $22,146.19 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 30 | $49,974.33 | $24,509.03 | $18,745.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Nashville, TN · Ascension | 30 | $81,704.00 | $18,073.87 | $14,611.87 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 29 | $147,363.45 | $22,731.45 | $14,297.90 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 28 | $50,684.71 | $46,787.64 | $46,117.36 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · Inova Health System | 27 | $67,178.41 | $26,264.96 | $17,580.33 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 26 | $182,210.88 | $26,161.58 | $22,424.65 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 26 | $117,109.27 | $16,260.58 | $15,092.73 |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center | 25 | $94,185.04 | $26,074.76 | $18,286.44 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 25 | $45,901.88 | $40,769.84 | $34,450.64 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 24 | $81,555.13 | $23,314.13 | $15,482.88 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Phoenix, AZ · Mayo Clinic | 24 | $65,496.00 | $23,064.58 | $16,621.58 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 24 | $183,492.25 | $28,567.25 | $23,910.54 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO · BJC HealthCare | 24 | $65,497.08 | $26,388.50 | $14,592.71 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 24 | $188,856.04 | $27,101.83 | $21,831.00 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 23 | $411,194.52 | $37,467.48 | $32,203.78 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 23 | $106,558.39 | $26,075.52 | $16,866.17 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 22 | $130,772.86 | $19,878.14 | $16,057.50 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 22 | $111,528.09 | $24,791.18 | $16,232.36 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 22 | $142,032.45 | $23,249.73 | $17,668.32 |
| $253,206.42 |
| $26,650.54 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 132 | $160,100.48 | $18,615.17 |
| Illinois | 8 | 124 | $92,023.37 | $17,255.04 |
| Ohio | 8 | 121 | $96,427.83 | $16,349.40 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 97 | $62,751.44 | $16,500.27 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 96 | $71,259.36 | $19,396.81 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 94 | $86,390.85 | $14,541.56 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 89 | $92,865.76 | $22,152.49 |
| Missouri | 5 | 83 | $86,975.33 | $15,972.07 |
| Maryland | 4 | 82 | $40,259.77 | $33,555.10 |
| Virginia | 4 | 71 | $80,416.01 | $17,450.65 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 57 | $137,131.02 | $17,296.04 |
| Michigan | 3 | 44 | $60,794.34 | $14,095.45 |
| Arizona | 2 | 40 | $66,473.38 | $16,158.45 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 39 | $58,972.77 | $15,269.15 |
| Washington | 3 | 38 | $93,381.79 | $19,618.34 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 36 | $167,830.58 | $18,974.67 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 36 | $86,381.86 | $15,450.83 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 35 | $102,242.17 | $20,145.69 |
| Kansas | 1 | 34 | $103,022.79 | $15,514.65 |
| Indiana | 2 | 30 | $107,150.77 | $17,796.53 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 27 | $115,307.96 | $21,131.63 |
| Oregon | 2 | 26 | $74,107.46 | $20,075.35 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 25 | $94,185.04 | $18,286.44 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 25 | $113,977.16 | $18,066.80 |
| Alabama | 1 | 22 | $111,528.09 | $16,232.36 |
| Colorado | 1 | 20 | $158,668.45 | $20,817.40 |
| Maine | 1 | 18 | $94,306.06 | $19,716.83 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 17 | $101,090.18 | $24,684.76 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 16 | $47,064.50 | $17,709.56 |
| Iowa | 1 | 15 | $113,088.93 | $17,202.47 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 15 | $72,094.13 | $21,730.93 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $61,685.07 | $16,563.86 |
| Delaware | 1 | 14 | $64,858.14 | $14,588.43 |
| Utah | 1 | 13 | $49,641.23 | $19,033.23 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 12 | $77,324.25 | $19,294.42 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 11 | $37,175.36 | $15,518.36 |
| Nevada | 1 | 11 | $66,999.73 | $18,242.27 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 11 | $89,537.36 | $15,651.09 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 11 | $126,515.00 | $13,449.73 |
| Georgia | 1 | 11 | $90,983.09 | $16,876.27 |