Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$32,828.06
2024
Average charge
$209,303.97
Hospital list price
Stays
1,978
130 hospitals
Medicare paid
$64.9M
For these stays
For DRG 956 (limb reattachment, hip and femur procedures for multiple significant trauma), Medicare paid $32,828.06 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $209,303.97 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $38,595.64. In 2023 Medicare paid $33,303.60.
1,978 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 956 at 130 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $64.9M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 956 ($57,912.53) and Florida the lowest ($26,419.12).
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX had the most Medicare stays for DRG 956 in 2024: 34, with an average Medicare payment of $38,082.68.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 34 | $246,226.44 | $50,579.09 | $38,082.68 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 32 | $146,355.63 | $22,771.47 | $21,387.66 |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 14 | 229 | $235,902.71 | $26,419.12 |
| New York | 9 | 166 | $227,918.87 | $36,305.04 |
| Texas | 9 | 145 | $236,497.32 | $30,217.83 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 104 |
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.
| 30 |
| $269,542.50 |
| $44,357.40 |
| $39,811.93 |
| Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL · AdventHealth | 29 | $212,853.79 | $26,449.93 | $24,437.48 |
| University Health System, Inc Knoxville, TN · University of Tennessee Medical Center | 28 | $88,348.25 | $30,922.82 | $25,417.86 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce Asheville, NC · HCA Healthcare | 26 | $161,425.27 | $26,481.31 | $24,768.50 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · Stony Brook Medicine | 25 | $276,614.36 | $52,491.72 | $48,076.68 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD · University of Maryland Medical System | 25 | $86,244.04 | $79,119.12 | $77,778.80 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 25 | $113,763.24 | $36,898.04 | $32,890.04 |
| O U Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK · OU Health | 24 | $389,964.58 | $38,222.63 | $34,314.71 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 23 | $117,417.35 | $29,021.70 | $21,850.61 |
| University Health System San Antonio, TX · University Health System | 23 | $131,683.52 | $43,213.61 | $35,990.13 |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health Fort Myers, FL · Lee Health | 23 | $223,459.61 | $31,091.65 | $29,205.48 |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus Worcester, MA · UMass Memorial Health Care | 22 | $140,992.86 | $45,906.14 | $37,577.05 |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · Huntsville Hospital Health System | 22 | $154,350.32 | $28,569.68 | $25,848.23 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 21 | $228,225.29 | $39,229.86 | $32,959.29 |
| ECU Health Medical Center Greenville, NC · ECU Health | 20 | $166,328.35 | $50,558.75 | $41,994.60 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital Atlanta, GA · Grady Health System | 20 | $406,421.35 | $68,358.65 | $59,195.75 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 19 | $243,284.42 | $43,085.68 | $36,408.79 |
| Ns/Lij Hs Huntington Hospital Huntington, NY · Northwell Health | 19 | $133,473.74 | $27,360.84 | $24,645.11 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Vanderbilt Health | 19 | $221,199.53 | $58,318.58 | $25,762.16 |
| Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · Allegheny Health Network | 18 | $139,341.33 | $34,054.83 | $29,233.11 |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital Abington, PA · Jefferson Health | 18 | $103,672.94 | $29,143.50 | $24,055.50 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL · UAB Health System | 18 | $330,523.06 | $62,142.11 | $42,784.89 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Sioux Falls, SD · Avera Health | 18 | $145,251.89 | $28,132.22 | $25,252.39 |
| $229,591.54 |
| $29,454.65 |
| Georgia | 6 | 91 | $242,634.87 | $36,735.08 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 86 | $194,461.14 | $31,566.65 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 85 | $169,037.46 | $33,003.14 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 84 | $185,722.87 | $27,642.83 |
| California | 6 | 79 | $372,001.61 | $48,373.09 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 65 | $86,496.75 | $33,236.43 |
| Illinois | 5 | 61 | $133,299.97 | $29,588.13 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 53 | $288,062.92 | $29,688.94 |
| Ohio | 4 | 51 | $189,612.80 | $29,849.67 |
| Maryland | 3 | 51 | $65,717.86 | $57,912.53 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 47 | $256,590.40 | $28,215.26 |
| Indiana | 3 | 47 | $173,092.89 | $29,466.96 |
| Virginia | 4 | 45 | $172,233.42 | $29,044.11 |
| Kansas | 3 | 42 | $288,714.43 | $25,827.62 |
| Alabama | 2 | 40 | $233,628.05 | $33,469.73 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 40 | $167,780.50 | $30,037.47 |
| Iowa | 3 | 38 | $146,300.97 | $26,592.61 |
| Arizona | 3 | 37 | $192,580.11 | $33,371.76 |
| Delaware | 2 | 36 | $101,260.69 | $29,408.75 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 33 | $138,803.85 | $27,135.36 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 29 | $170,614.59 | $24,174.52 |
| Washington | 2 | 28 | $234,037.96 | $46,717.46 |
| Nevada | 2 | 26 | $378,057.96 | $38,175.92 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 25 | $224,358.68 | $49,228.24 |
| Missouri | 1 | 16 | $231,445.38 | $49,487.94 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 15 | $116,324.53 | $31,813.73 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 14 | $178,889.14 | $37,492.86 |
| Vermont | 1 | 12 | $124,650.67 | $18,056.83 |
| Colorado | 1 | 12 | $239,164.42 | $31,466.92 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 12 | $176,609.42 | $32,668.83 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 12 | $93,437.67 | $38,748.00 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 11 | $246,174.36 | $71,432.45 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 11 | $139,025.45 | $25,953.27 |