Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$8,197.45
2024
Average charge
$47,544.67
Hospital list price
Stays
2,343
148 hospitals
Medicare paid
$19.2M
For these stays
For DRG 863 (postoperative and post-traumatic infections without mcc), Medicare paid $8,197.45 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $47,544.67 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $11,306.65. In 2023 Medicare paid $8,051.97.
2,343 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 863 at 148 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $19.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 863 ($16,301.00) and Kentucky the lowest ($6,269.00).
Adventhealth Orlando in Orlando, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 863 in 2024: 44, with an average Medicare payment of $6,219.82.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 44 | $68,024.89 | $10,011.91 | $6,219.82 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 36 | $39,079.69 | $12,574.00 | $9,538.83 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 21 | 341 | $50,781.26 | $6,638.84 |
| California | 10 | 172 | $84,843.66 | $10,891.00 |
| New York | 9 | 167 | $86,671.42 | $9,335.43 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 143 |
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.
| 33 |
| $170,909.24 |
| $14,366.52 |
| $11,356.52 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 31 | $148,593.03 | $20,667.35 | $12,822.77 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH · Dartmouth-Hitchcock | 31 | $34,059.10 | $11,947.29 | $9,808.94 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 27 | $63,668.30 | $17,769.89 | $14,734.59 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 27 | $61,944.70 | $9,874.00 | $8,019.26 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 26 | $42,909.19 | $8,301.69 | $6,693.58 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 26 | $132,500.77 | $13,339.96 | $11,049.12 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 25 | $84,996.36 | $16,974.12 | $10,377.20 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 25 | $35,841.44 | $13,387.48 | $8,243.56 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 24 | $28,154.63 | $12,750.50 | $9,757.25 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 24 | $20,663.00 | $18,142.29 | $17,598.29 |
| St Francis Hospital - the Heart Center Roslyn, NY · Catholic Health | 23 | $56,689.13 | $9,613.35 | $7,411.61 |
| UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas, TX · The University of Texas System | 23 | $20,166.96 | $8,903.48 | $6,668.09 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 22 | $88,636.95 | $12,363.41 | $9,360.68 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 22 | $35,277.27 | $10,866.73 | $6,897.05 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, PA · Jefferson Health | 22 | $51,809.68 | $9,428.95 | $7,377.41 |
| University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority Madison, WI · UW Health | 21 | $37,265.38 | $13,125.38 | $8,231.43 |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · University of Pennsylvania Health System | 21 | $82,566.24 | $13,986.86 | $9,838.38 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 21 | $39,545.71 | $14,113.24 | $9,840.29 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 21 | $30,405.24 | $9,190.76 | $7,622.86 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC · Duke University Health System | 21 | $24,431.48 | $12,893.95 | $9,022.19 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · Beth Israel Lahey Health | 21 | $16,950.38 | $13,335.38 | $10,188.67 |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO · University of Colorado Health | 20 | $85,584.30 | $12,351.55 | $9,649.80 |
| $27,542.94 |
| $8,926.40 |
| Illinois | 7 | 99 | $35,554.05 | $7,684.46 |
| Texas | 6 | 99 | $39,818.88 | $8,391.12 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 98 | $68,267.73 | $8,319.81 |
| Ohio | 6 | 89 | $35,226.46 | $7,249.61 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 87 | $30,981.06 | $8,200.86 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 85 | $76,751.19 | $7,765.59 |
| Maryland | 5 | 79 | $19,399.75 | $16,301.00 |
| Michigan | 5 | 76 | $31,204.58 | $6,946.28 |
| Virginia | 5 | 73 | $31,639.68 | $7,238.92 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 60 | $28,495.02 | $6,269.00 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 51 | $37,141.14 | $7,227.43 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 47 | $26,289.06 | $8,337.15 |
| Kansas | 2 | 42 | $54,025.50 | $7,259.60 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 42 | $47,920.50 | $8,524.57 |
| Indiana | 3 | 41 | $42,149.93 | $7,842.22 |
| Missouri | 3 | 40 | $32,984.37 | $6,622.47 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 34 | $44,028.62 | $7,944.29 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 32 | $34,049.37 | $7,833.84 |
| Arizona | 2 | 32 | $40,154.34 | $7,280.97 |
| Delaware | 2 | 32 | $28,825.69 | $7,018.91 |
| Colorado | 2 | 31 | $81,327.39 | $8,815.77 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 31 | $34,059.10 | $9,808.94 |
| Washington | 2 | 30 | $28,170.37 | $8,294.47 |
| Alabama | 2 | 28 | $40,116.43 | $6,054.50 |
| Georgia | 2 | 27 | $43,101.81 | $6,387.59 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 23 | $22,178.52 | $6,264.22 |
| Maine | 1 | 18 | $29,281.33 | $6,700.56 |
| Iowa | 1 | 17 | $48,846.71 | $6,660.24 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 15 | $39,746.20 | $8,549.40 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 14 | $33,891.43 | $6,044.07 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 13 | $29,945.38 | $7,971.00 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 12 | $20,465.58 | $6,733.25 |
| Nevada | 1 | 12 | $27,148.17 | $7,815.25 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 11 | $71,262.45 | $5,710.36 |