Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$6,096.97
2024
Average charge
$39,254.99
Hospital list price
Stays
11,326
569 hospitals
Medicare paid
$69.1M
For these stays
For DRG 948 (signs and symptoms without mcc), Medicare paid $6,096.97 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $39,254.99 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $8,086.30. In 2023 Medicare paid $5,831.70.
11,326 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 948 at 569 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $69.1M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 948 ($10,235.52) and Louisiana the lowest ($4,329.75).
Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, FL had the most Medicare stays for DRG 948 in 2024: 102, with an average Medicare payment of $4,882.09.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 102 | $40,193.47 | $6,136.22 | $4,882.09 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 101 | $80,378.62 | $11,493.54 | $8,540.48 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 47 | 1,080 | $43,446.20 | $5,576.45 |
| New York | 41 | 1,054 | $57,774.01 | $7,663.19 |
| California | 47 | 931 | $68,324.34 | $7,759.12 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | 574 |
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.
| 84 |
| $93,026.68 |
| $11,609.75 |
| $8,803.93 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 75 | $59,093.64 | $6,856.13 | $5,368.33 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 61 | $72,683.64 | $10,942.80 | $8,635.49 |
| South Shore Hospital South Weymouth, MA · South Shore Health System | 60 | $14,110.62 | $6,402.08 | $5,314.62 |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · Baptist Healthcare System | 57 | $34,312.39 | $5,159.95 | $4,030.63 |
| Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA · Sharp Healthcare | 57 | $53,753.23 | $8,372.60 | $7,313.23 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 52 | $25,769.31 | $6,728.83 | $4,763.67 |
| Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi Des Moines, IA · Central Iowa Hospital | 51 | $30,854.20 | $6,440.75 | $4,439.71 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 49 | $54,066.92 | $11,793.18 | $7,855.45 |
| Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health | 49 | $57,354.98 | $6,918.14 | $5,517.73 |
| University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI · University of Michigan Health System | 47 | $42,840.06 | $11,303.15 | $6,869.81 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc Annapolis, MD · Luminis Health | 47 | $7,819.77 | $7,187.19 | $6,076.72 |
| Orlando Health Orlando, FL · Orlando Health | 47 | $47,616.26 | $8,054.38 | $6,842.87 |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital Abington, PA · Jefferson Health | 46 | $27,080.41 | $6,853.50 | $5,526.48 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 46 | $29,054.80 | $5,692.39 | $4,670.17 |
| Wynn Hospital Utica, NY · Mohawk Valley Health System | 45 | $28,110.29 | $7,743.93 | $6,124.11 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 45 | $31,471.22 | $8,229.02 | $5,351.73 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY · Northwell Health | 44 | $60,814.80 | $10,271.25 | $7,693.25 |
| Reading Hospital West Reading, PA · Tower Health | 43 | $32,803.42 | $7,006.44 | $5,773.84 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, NC · Novant Health | 43 | $23,828.58 | $6,962.21 | $5,453.26 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 42 | $62,063.79 | $11,297.48 | $8,165.83 |
| Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD · Frederick Regional Health System | 42 | $10,168.40 | $9,480.38 | $8,198.69 |
| Winchester Medical Center Winchester, VA · Valley Health | 42 | $17,930.55 | $6,811.29 | $4,807.12 |
| $46,173.19 |
| $5,802.02 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 546 | $24,854.20 | $6,349.12 |
| Illinois | 31 | 535 | $34,236.13 | $5,673.71 |
| Michigan | 23 | 471 | $25,483.95 | $5,440.54 |
| New Jersey | 23 | 468 | $58,302.41 | $6,052.31 |
| Maryland | 21 | 443 | $13,008.82 | $10,235.52 |
| Ohio | 23 | 405 | $28,322.57 | $5,244.77 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 359 | $29,321.52 | $5,702.87 |
| Texas | 20 | 352 | $42,421.59 | $5,934.38 |
| Indiana | 17 | 307 | $29,273.19 | $5,078.93 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 298 | $29,046.11 | $4,534.70 |
| Georgia | 20 | 280 | $36,335.23 | $6,066.03 |
| Virginia | 13 | 252 | $28,779.08 | $5,236.90 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 231 | $31,545.03 | $5,335.11 |
| Missouri | 12 | 191 | $36,179.73 | $5,155.81 |
| Alabama | 9 | 185 | $32,325.55 | $4,640.76 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 181 | $32,659.66 | $5,878.60 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 177 | $29,538.76 | $5,772.89 |
| Iowa | 7 | 171 | $25,477.43 | $4,472.89 |
| Arizona | 10 | 170 | $41,940.06 | $5,185.84 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 167 | $27,661.37 | $4,671.65 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 151 | $32,367.42 | $4,329.75 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 131 | $33,021.02 | $5,240.08 |
| Kansas | 6 | 115 | $38,294.45 | $5,016.23 |
| Washington | 5 | 108 | $29,638.15 | $5,912.49 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 99 | $36,924.66 | $6,236.82 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 96 | $40,814.45 | $5,697.14 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 93 | $19,240.86 | $4,421.31 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 85 | $21,267.69 | $4,711.51 |
| Delaware | 3 | 73 | $31,531.42 | $5,471.75 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 70 | $29,201.74 | $5,346.93 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 63 | $29,292.27 | $5,293.94 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 43 | $29,520.86 | $5,281.70 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 42 | $35,540.14 | $7,273.71 |
| Oregon | 3 | 37 | $32,185.84 | $7,111.32 |
| Idaho | 3 | 34 | $30,113.15 | $5,272.26 |
| Montana | 2 | 30 | $30,348.50 | $6,334.43 |
| Utah | 1 | 25 | $32,037.04 | $7,806.48 |
| Maine | 1 | 25 | $26,306.92 | $5,869.12 |
| Colorado | 2 | 23 | $57,977.30 | $4,966.17 |
| Nevada | 1 | 18 | $30,858.00 | $6,150.89 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 16 | $39,478.75 | $5,228.19 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 16 | $34,018.44 | $5,570.94 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 14 | $24,111.50 | $8,870.14 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 13 | $22,818.00 | $6,504.15 |
| Vermont | 1 | 13 | $33,033.54 | $2,380.00 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 11 | $55,225.27 | $6,699.09 |