Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$58,777.93
2024
Average charge
$336,204.63
Hospital list price
Stays
20,906
878 hospitals
Medicare paid
$1.23B
For these stays
For DRG 870 (septicemia or severe sepsis with mv >96 hours), Medicare paid $58,777.93 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $336,204.63 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $66,012.83. In 2023 Medicare paid $56,221.97.
20,906 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 870 at 878 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $1.23B for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, New York had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 870 ($76,464.88) and Alabama the lowest ($42,573.95).
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 870 in 2024: 261, with an average Medicare payment of $98,682.29.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 261 | $651,437.62 | $112,693.33 | $98,682.29 |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · Maimonides Medical Center | 192 | $352,334.39 | $93,265.63 | $82,890.44 |
| Adventhealth Orlando |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 131 | 3,444 | $488,570.75 | $74,417.05 |
| New York | 67 | 2,698 | $371,141.99 | $76,464.88 |
| Florida | 68 | 1,570 | $339,925.60 | $47,496.48 |
| Texas | 61 | 1,378 |
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.
| 160 |
| $409,392.86 |
| $51,624.73 |
| $45,899.97 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · Montefiore Medical Center | 155 | $541,662.74 | $97,577.54 | $79,957.00 |
| New York-Presbyterian/Queens Flushing, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 118 | $376,765.95 | $79,085.16 | $70,875.16 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 106 | $535,292.57 | $44,765.02 | $40,545.73 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 105 | $575,815.14 | $102,803.10 | $88,633.85 |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA · Prime Healthcare | 105 | $228,419.30 | $68,756.25 | $64,703.93 |
| Jackson Health System Miami, FL · Jackson Health System | 104 | $219,079.23 | $67,700.29 | $61,773.83 |
| Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, TN · Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare | 97 | $173,655.93 | $51,220.98 | $43,834.94 |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus Worcester, MA · UMass Memorial Health Care | 84 | $236,603.23 | $78,950.90 | $72,011.21 |
| St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health | 77 | $582,730.53 | $84,821.30 | $79,442.08 |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital Covina, CA · Emanate Health | 75 | $200,484.47 | $53,805.08 | $52,096.92 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Ctr Burbank, CA · Providence | 75 | $510,984.03 | $77,026.56 | $70,045.44 |
| Mount Sinai South Nassau Oceanside, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 75 | $405,936.63 | $67,550.08 | $60,864.41 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 75 | $217,365.80 | $49,639.63 | $47,420.61 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · Prime Healthcare | 73 | $282,380.52 | $71,168.19 | $69,588.05 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc Evansville, IN · Deaconess Health System | 73 | $186,903.19 | $48,335.93 | $43,470.26 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 72 | $426,857.43 | $89,930.56 | $75,598.86 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital Stratford, NJ · Jefferson Health | 70 | $347,413.86 | $59,954.83 | $49,337.01 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 68 | $205,085.19 | $66,052.99 | $58,962.43 |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge, IL · Advocate Health Care | 67 | $213,128.73 | $59,787.04 | $52,933.72 |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA · Sharp Healthcare | 65 | $402,930.83 | $64,953.72 | $57,569.86 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 65 | $228,109.95 | $46,865.98 | $44,482.89 |
| Long Island Community Hospital Patchogue, NY · NYU Langone Health | 65 | $505,403.78 | $59,126.45 | $56,385.88 |
| $388,780.45 |
| $47,515.07 |
| New Jersey | 36 | 949 | $386,093.16 | $58,522.72 |
| Ohio | 32 | 708 | $242,429.18 | $46,875.12 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 668 | $383,356.21 | $56,957.90 |
| Georgia | 30 | 642 | $319,188.96 | $49,796.04 |
| Illinois | 34 | 637 | $251,587.24 | $52,753.95 |
| Michigan | 28 | 605 | $189,562.01 | $50,372.87 |
| Maryland | 27 | 580 | $79,064.87 | $67,532.44 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | 513 | $201,380.44 | $69,828.49 |
| Virginia | 22 | 499 | $269,086.82 | $48,821.14 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 427 | $235,479.44 | $44,017.14 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 420 | $204,287.38 | $49,799.40 |
| Alabama | 19 | 380 | $301,492.92 | $42,573.95 |
| Indiana | 18 | 375 | $229,367.95 | $48,426.47 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 345 | $309,085.26 | $46,110.19 |
| Missouri | 18 | 344 | $251,761.94 | $48,262.98 |
| Nevada | 10 | 308 | $660,972.32 | $54,705.30 |
| Arizona | 17 | 286 | $275,461.15 | $52,243.65 |
| Louisiana | 12 | 275 | $240,649.23 | $45,255.00 |
| Arkansas | 14 | 269 | $223,100.47 | $43,317.91 |
| Kentucky | 11 | 267 | $231,228.93 | $47,892.31 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 240 | $215,800.73 | $43,529.59 |
| Connecticut | 10 | 237 | $277,162.86 | $66,140.75 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 180 | $278,730.31 | $46,997.68 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 176 | $243,840.32 | $61,285.25 |
| Washington | 9 | 167 | $270,905.08 | $57,365.81 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 139 | $353,891.53 | $68,522.74 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 124 | $212,166.59 | $44,706.19 |
| Kansas | 5 | 123 | $404,952.02 | $44,054.08 |
| Delaware | 2 | 101 | $196,443.50 | $58,036.28 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 98 | $254,962.85 | $54,214.52 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 86 | $212,198.43 | $48,672.14 |
| Colorado | 5 | 81 | $519,448.68 | $54,230.79 |
| Iowa | 4 | 62 | $242,410.31 | $47,997.89 |
| Oregon | 4 | 53 | $229,343.47 | $62,706.87 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 47 | $339,877.57 | $67,940.83 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 42 | $301,277.17 | $73,117.02 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 41 | $188,433.66 | $53,218.41 |
| Montana | 2 | 38 | $192,377.47 | $50,854.76 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 37 | $335,500.78 | $54,096.22 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 34 | $315,299.12 | $62,406.03 |
| Utah | 2 | 32 | $230,933.16 | $53,997.78 |
| Maine | 2 | 25 | $323,413.32 | $67,370.88 |
| Idaho | 2 | 23 | $225,724.17 | $49,564.74 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 11 | $228,226.09 | $75,865.64 |