Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$9,268.73
2024
Average charge
$56,025.59
Hospital list price
Stays
37
3 hospitals
Medicare paid
$343K
For these stays
For DRG 868 (other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc), Medicare paid $9,268.73 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $56,025.59 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $12,922.24. In 2023 Medicare paid $8,352.10.
37 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 868 at 3 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $343K for them.
SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 868 in 2024: 14, with an average Medicare payment of $9,633.21.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 14 | $74,594.21 | $16,561.93 | $9,633.21 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 12 | $67,589.75 | $10,284.42 | $8,478.75 |
| Cape Cod Hospital |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1 | 14 | $74,594.21 | $9,633.21 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 12 | $67,589.75 | $8,478.75 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | $19,777.36 | $9,666.64 |
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.
| 11 |
| $19,777.36 |
| $11,167.55 |
| $9,666.64 |