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Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 007 · Surgery or procedure

Lung transplant

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $185,741 per stay at 23 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $159,440 and $213,731.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$185,741
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$159,440–$213,731
Medicare’s share
$137,53374% of the payment
Average billed charge
$1,069,597
Hospitals reporting
23454 stays

Hospitals in New York

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Location
New York
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment across these 2 hospitals
$168,274National $185,741 · New York $168,274
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Medicare stays
32

2 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Lung transplant by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · CCN 33021417$163,85712% below the national average$141,771$1,291,624
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 33010115$173,281About average$162,198$963,241

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 477 stays at 23 hospitals · 2021: 339 stays at 18 hospitals · 2022: 403 stays at 22 hospitals · 2023: 408 stays at 26 hospitals · 2024: 454 stays at 23 hospitals
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National average payment and billed charge for Lung transplant
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$144K$866K
2021$134K$921K
2022$153K$981K
2023$184K$1.1M
2024$186K$1.1M

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Lung transplant, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
North Carolina117$130,487$130,487–$130,487
Missouri114$135,008$135,008–$135,008
Arizona128$135,647$135,647–$135,647
Illinois130$143,758$143,758–$143,758
Ohio128$151,672$151,672–$151,672
Pennsylvania256$164,028$163,634–$174,659
New York232$168,274$166,213–$170,925
Wisconsin114$177,536$177,536–$177,536
Massachusetts231$188,347$187,952–$188,797
Texas354$198,285$196,049–$200,196
Virginia114$207,266$207,266–$207,266
California352$211,832$195,162–$232,459
Maryland117$220,197$220,197–$220,197
Minnesota126$239,109$239,109–$239,109
Florida122$243,311$243,311–$243,311
Tennessee119$264,648$264,648–$264,648

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.