Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$7,306.07
2024
Average charge
$35,111.04
Hospital list price
Stays
11,716
502 hospitals
Medicare paid
$85.6M
For these stays
For DRG 897 (alcohol, drug abuse or dependence without rehabilitation therapy without mcc), Medicare paid $7,306.07 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $35,111.04 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $9,294.33. In 2023 Medicare paid $6,902.15.
11,716 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 897 at 502 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $85.6M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, New Jersey had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 897 ($12,286.63) and West Virginia the lowest ($4,781.22).
Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc in Worcester, MA had the most Medicare stays for DRG 897 in 2024: 429, with an average Medicare payment of $6,714.76.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc Worcester, MA | 429 | $9,043.46 | $7,620.81 | $6,714.76 |
| Wilmington Treatment Center Wilmington, NC · Acadia Healthcare | 409 | $5,242.05 | $5,944.84 | $4,867.19 |
| Bergen New Bridge Medical Center |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 57 | 1,390 | $62,944.02 | $8,947.35 |
| Massachusetts | 35 | 1,328 | $18,138.54 | $7,210.73 |
| New York | 37 | 1,060 | $44,912.24 | $9,243.37 |
| Florida | 38 | 780 |
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.
| 171 |
| $28,395.39 |
| $28,241.44 |
| $27,313.97 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro San Pedro, CA · Providence | 130 | $36,365.68 | $9,322.72 | $8,042.30 |
| St John's Riverside Hospital Yonkers, NY · Riverside Health Care System | 130 | $13,407.51 | $9,622.62 | $8,024.05 |
| Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore, MD · Johns Hopkins Health System | 120 | $5,251.57 | $4,614.78 | $3,608.65 |
| Southern California Hospital at Hollywood Hollywood, CA · Prospect Medical Holdings | 118 | $37,334.53 | $9,275.98 | $8,249.34 |
| M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MN · Fairview Health Services | 96 | $23,949.03 | $10,008.21 | $7,125.80 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara, CA · Cottage Health System | 90 | $38,564.99 | $9,267.94 | $7,686.90 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital Stratford, NJ · Jefferson Health | 89 | $40,188.03 | $8,682.38 | $6,546.34 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp Bakersfield, CA | 84 | $21,076.08 | $8,067.56 | $6,902.23 |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · The Erie County Medical Center Corporation | 75 | $18,781.28 | $11,101.00 | $8,305.20 |
| Turning Point Hospital Moultrie, GA · Universal Health Services | 72 | $10,666.67 | $5,483.10 | $4,570.76 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 70 | $69,599.36 | $12,295.03 | $8,991.87 |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · Northwell Health | 70 | $36,280.69 | $13,975.70 | $10,758.20 |
| Alliance Health Center Meridian, MS · Universal Health Services | 69 | $8,113.04 | $6,097.14 | $5,114.94 |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus Worcester, MA · UMass Memorial Health Care | 68 | $42,087.78 | $11,620.37 | $8,914.00 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 64 | $14,262.34 | $6,951.67 | $5,790.72 |
| St Peter's Hospital Albany, NY · Trinity Health | 61 | $15,958.13 | $7,445.97 | $5,957.16 |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · NCH Healthcare System | 58 | $43,519.98 | $6,537.93 | $5,040.26 |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre, AL · Atrium Health | 57 | $13,976.95 | $8,511.98 | $7,404.65 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT · Yale New Haven Health System | 54 | $33,657.83 | $11,599.65 | $9,386.11 |
| Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski Pulaski, TN · Lifepoint Health | 53 | $24,469.70 | $7,625.25 | $6,331.96 |
| Mount Sinai West New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 52 | $78,727.77 | $12,595.65 | $9,069.87 |
| Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH · The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | 52 | $17,344.79 | $9,331.60 | $6,630.81 |
| $50,221.01 |
| $6,182.16 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 682 | $12,986.21 | $5,428.23 |
| New Jersey | 24 | 641 | $51,029.88 | $12,286.63 |
| Illinois | 26 | 455 | $28,898.72 | $5,969.58 |
| Maryland | 16 | 427 | $9,860.05 | $7,550.09 |
| Minnesota | 14 | 363 | $29,511.18 | $6,367.50 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 330 | $44,439.86 | $6,236.56 |
| Ohio | 16 | 318 | $27,217.77 | $5,674.25 |
| Michigan | 17 | 296 | $25,934.67 | $6,155.42 |
| Missouri | 11 | 206 | $27,141.18 | $7,080.35 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 193 | $36,030.05 | $7,972.69 |
| Iowa | 10 | 179 | $25,534.97 | $6,089.71 |
| Indiana | 8 | 177 | $23,106.81 | $6,142.32 |
| Georgia | 8 | 173 | $30,697.41 | $7,369.46 |
| Alabama | 8 | 172 | $19,057.09 | $6,750.05 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 162 | $27,445.08 | $5,830.12 |
| Virginia | 9 | 154 | $32,518.45 | $6,028.63 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 151 | $23,333.23 | $5,187.83 |
| Washington | 7 | 150 | $34,936.81 | $6,355.92 |
| Texas | 10 | 148 | $53,167.22 | $6,202.68 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 121 | $31,702.57 | $5,842.91 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 119 | $26,992.12 | $7,235.03 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 115 | $10,421.54 | $5,352.40 |
| Maine | 6 | 112 | $25,993.07 | $6,632.53 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 107 | $29,999.50 | $5,546.61 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 102 | $35,068.98 | $6,612.97 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 85 | $25,576.86 | $5,877.39 |
| Arizona | 6 | 85 | $37,928.18 | $6,237.53 |
| Nevada | 4 | 79 | $51,010.16 | $7,130.18 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 77 | $24,102.94 | $6,748.84 |
| Delaware | 3 | 71 | $29,186.99 | $6,054.80 |
| Oregon | 4 | 70 | $24,995.09 | $7,007.03 |
| Vermont | 3 | 70 | $25,513.33 | $6,847.96 |
| Kansas | 4 | 64 | $46,783.56 | $5,666.16 |
| Idaho | 2 | 62 | $20,159.68 | $5,605.52 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 55 | $28,873.25 | $4,781.22 |
| Utah | 3 | 53 | $29,408.96 | $7,325.55 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 49 | $19,775.33 | $6,007.16 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 43 | $33,604.95 | $8,467.33 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 43 | $42,787.91 | $5,671.63 |
| Alaska | 3 | 41 | $85,867.00 | $7,584.98 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 29 | $27,671.69 | $5,582.69 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 27 | $24,753.11 | $4,695.78 |
| Montana | 2 | 26 | $18,951.04 | $5,591.92 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 26 | $20,752.50 | $8,505.35 |
| Colorado | 2 | 22 | $100,777.36 | $5,793.23 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 16 | $43,826.19 | $6,362.88 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 12 | $88,537.17 | $12,283.17 |