Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$40,277.34
2024
Average charge
$226,646.06
Hospital list price
Stays
14,959
680 hospitals
Medicare paid
$602.5M
For these stays
For DRG 981 (extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc), Medicare paid $40,277.34 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $226,646.06 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $47,050.79. In 2023 Medicare paid $38,885.12.
14,959 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 981 at 680 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $602.5M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, Maryland had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 981 ($64,022.94) and Mississippi the lowest ($27,339.24).
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 981 in 2024: 138, with an average Medicare payment of $67,504.17.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 138 | $434,540.87 | $79,112.57 | $67,504.17 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 111 | $461,663.92 | $72,111.98 | $61,362.12 |
| Adventhealth Orlando |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 64 | 1,294 | $386,089.16 | $55,709.31 |
| New York | 39 | 1,191 | $300,058.92 | $52,206.49 |
| Florida | 47 | 1,137 | $258,138.01 | $34,038.57 |
| Texas | 47 | 962 |
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.
| 110 |
| $315,262.53 |
| $43,363.05 |
| $32,081.86 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 86 | $741,572.71 | $71,603.15 | $62,721.79 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN · Mayo Clinic | 80 | $174,617.33 | $70,648.51 | $53,486.06 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 79 | $255,016.59 | $67,026.67 | $54,516.97 |
| St Charles Medical Center - Bend Bend, OR · Saint Charles Health System | 75 | $83,141.47 | $48,525.88 | $46,141.17 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · Baptist Health | 67 | $229,765.37 | $36,522.46 | $34,860.00 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · Stanford Health Care | 65 | $790,784.29 | $102,982.18 | $81,365.23 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc Louisville, KY · Norton Healthcare | 62 | $207,029.53 | $33,364.06 | $30,451.29 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL · Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | 58 | $235,827.09 | $33,479.12 | $31,106.17 |
| North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY · Northwell Health | 57 | $356,689.00 | $57,259.60 | $50,700.30 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT · Yale New Haven Health System | 56 | $207,305.89 | $63,659.00 | $45,713.52 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc Oklahoma City, OK · Mercy | 56 | $72,147.86 | $25,126.14 | $24,040.57 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health | 56 | $150,024.88 | $46,075.30 | $37,937.82 |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · Atlantic Health System | 55 | $344,373.40 | $55,230.02 | $41,319.85 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK · Saint Francis Health System | 54 | $129,677.24 | $32,089.15 | $28,686.52 |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL · NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health | 54 | $167,743.07 | $41,970.33 | $37,490.57 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 53 | $181,723.57 | $53,936.47 | $44,565.51 |
| University of Kansas Hospital Kansas City, KS · The University of Kansas Health System | 53 | $305,437.62 | $50,499.36 | $41,831.04 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 53 | $282,919.38 | $74,825.49 | $57,807.98 |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Pomona, CA · Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center | 53 | $229,815.68 | $37,111.15 | $35,444.55 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 51 | $316,160.73 | $48,321.02 | $41,040.06 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 51 | $183,129.27 | $42,438.14 | $35,128.49 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock Little Rock, AR · Baptist Health | 50 | $174,797.76 | $32,365.00 | $28,306.80 |
| $237,101.48 |
| $34,416.32 |
| Illinois | 33 | 759 | $193,912.43 | $38,699.61 |
| New Jersey | 29 | 680 | $300,155.01 | $40,143.34 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | 636 | $289,831.31 | $41,852.05 |
| Massachusetts | 19 | 512 | $160,918.30 | $50,049.24 |
| North Carolina | 20 | 501 | $162,592.31 | $35,425.56 |
| Virginia | 21 | 442 | $171,951.05 | $34,116.26 |
| Michigan | 25 | 432 | $141,627.82 | $35,605.72 |
| Ohio | 19 | 415 | $176,853.69 | $34,165.06 |
| Tennessee | 17 | 360 | $152,013.49 | $30,218.78 |
| Indiana | 17 | 342 | $175,536.57 | $33,421.87 |
| Maryland | 19 | 341 | $76,891.15 | $64,022.94 |
| Minnesota | 12 | 314 | $165,094.73 | $42,505.57 |
| Georgia | 16 | 303 | $225,926.36 | $35,239.71 |
| Arizona | 16 | 279 | $234,726.86 | $40,566.28 |
| Washington | 15 | 259 | $212,409.93 | $41,870.70 |
| Missouri | 15 | 259 | $184,942.28 | $35,089.31 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 256 | $176,397.96 | $30,571.74 |
| Alabama | 11 | 252 | $190,641.94 | $31,114.54 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 248 | $183,778.85 | $31,455.56 |
| Mississippi | 10 | 206 | $154,005.10 | $27,339.24 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 205 | $184,258.96 | $32,306.53 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 202 | $141,887.90 | $27,876.73 |
| Nevada | 8 | 194 | $300,740.67 | $37,773.01 |
| Oregon | 6 | 164 | $118,203.35 | $43,922.53 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 159 | $181,870.10 | $42,054.21 |
| Iowa | 7 | 147 | $165,460.01 | $31,364.85 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 141 | $234,638.23 | $47,546.03 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 127 | $181,276.69 | $33,428.53 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 122 | $217,714.41 | $33,685.57 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 114 | $177,727.73 | $35,115.45 |
| Utah | 5 | 109 | $142,382.49 | $37,470.07 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 105 | $169,769.49 | $36,740.70 |
| Kansas | 4 | 99 | $246,107.95 | $37,179.14 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 83 | $301,008.46 | $48,911.99 |
| Colorado | 6 | 82 | $275,434.38 | $38,398.80 |
| Delaware | 3 | 80 | $169,913.26 | $42,086.10 |
| Idaho | 4 | 66 | $163,098.79 | $34,945.00 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 58 | $108,427.47 | $31,507.81 |
| Maine | 2 | 50 | $161,885.66 | $37,910.44 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 41 | $102,166.98 | $42,876.02 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 41 | $170,557.83 | $41,188.41 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 38 | $226,722.92 | $42,894.05 |
| Alaska | 2 | 37 | $282,641.78 | $51,780.05 |
| Montana | 2 | 34 | $90,329.09 | $34,460.38 |
| Vermont | 1 | 22 | $158,958.64 | $21,527.82 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 19 | $192,298.16 | $42,100.53 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 11 | $141,645.91 | $43,906.18 |