Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 023 · Surgery or procedure
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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $56,603 per stay at 432 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $43,404 and $62,453.
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National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $56,603
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $43,404–$62,453
- Medicare’s share
- $47,978
- Average billed charge
- $281,418
- Hospitals reporting
- 432
Compare hospitals
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432 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 51–100. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Medical Center | 29 | $39,401 | 30% below the national average | $33,936 | $361,972 |
| UCH-Memorial Health System | 32 | $39,454 | 30% below the national average | $38,016 | $274,024 |
| North Mississippi Medical Center | 22 | $39,490 | 30% below the national average | $37,653 | $135,083 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc | 26 | $39,516 | 30% below the national average | $37,778 | $129,737 |
| Baptist Health Louisville | 40 | $39,651 | 30% below the national average | $36,453 | $326,003 |
| Ascension St John Medical Center | 22 | $39,660 | 30% below the national average | $37,416 | $129,057 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 14 | $39,678 | 30% below the national average | $38,430 | $73,344 |
| Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center | 17 | $39,695 | 30% below the national average | $37,770 | $214,335 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 15 | $39,889 | 30% below the national average | $32,878 | $216,595 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake | 13 | $39,901 | 30% below the national average | $38,511 | $475,464 |
| Memorial Hospital Of South Bend | 20 | $39,932 | 29% below the national average | $38,145 | $208,092 |
| Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | 15 | $40,119 | 29% below the national average | $38,051 | $314,918 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | 28 | $40,141 | 29% below the national average | $38,490 | $91,902 |
| Southeast Health Medical Center | 23 | $40,220 | 29% below the national average | $37,635 | $173,562 |
| Hillcrest Medical Center | 13 | $40,263 | 29% below the national average | $37,405 | $398,482 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | 12 | $40,290 | 29% below the national average | $38,712 | $202,825 |
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 | 20 | $40,406 | 29% below the national average | $36,646 | $169,180 |
| Sacred Heart Hospital | 25 | $40,436 | 29% below the national average | $38,589 | $164,480 |
| Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center | 28 | $40,673 | 28% below the national average | $39,380 | $190,931 |
| Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital | 26 | $40,732 | 28% below the national average | $38,562 | $177,120 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital | 37 | $40,835 | 28% below the national average | $34,867 | $201,050 |
| St Josephs Hospital | 31 | $40,861 | 28% below the national average | $39,549 | $193,793 |
| Orlando Health | 44 | $41,073 | 27% below the national average | $39,762 | $318,995 |
| Bon Secours St Marys Hospital | 30 | $41,214 | 27% below the national average | $39,402 | $221,719 |
| Baptist Medical Center South | 30 | $41,266 | 27% below the national average | $36,225 | $138,320 |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center | 40 | $41,427 | 27% below the national average | $40,015 | $345,268 |
| UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital | 26 | $41,459 | 27% below the national average | $39,741 | $306,459 |
| Wesley Medical Center | 23 | $41,472 | 27% below the national average | $39,013 | $569,062 |
| Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus | 15 | $41,478 | 27% below the national average | $40,011 | $378,553 |
| University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care | 23 | $41,512 | 27% below the national average | $30,413 | $185,129 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | 30 | $41,577 | 27% below the national average | $35,483 | $238,550 |
| Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | 20 | $41,606 | 26% below the national average | $38,751 | $159,847 |
| SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison | 32 | $41,637 | 26% below the national average | $39,735 | $186,124 |
| Community Hospital | 35 | $41,766 | 26% below the national average | $37,301 | $166,593 |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast | 13 | $41,828 | 26% below the national average | $33,934 | $188,451 |
| Baptist Health Lexington | 22 | $41,941 | 26% below the national average | $36,844 | $378,893 |
| Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital | 19 | $41,949 | 26% below the national average | $40,380 | $147,369 |
| North Memorial Health Hospital | 16 | $42,187 | 25% below the national average | $40,648 | $127,497 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 23 | $42,237 | 25% below the national average | $38,008 | $213,422 |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | 17 | $42,245 | 25% below the national average | $40,793 | $440,882 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi | 24 | $42,255 | 25% below the national average | $39,063 | $227,945 |
| Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital | 27 | $42,391 | 25% below the national average | $36,132 | $124,910 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | 31 | $42,394 | 25% below the national average | $40,841 | $188,053 |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis | 19 | $42,418 | 25% below the national average | $37,075 | $150,955 |
| Broward Health North | 13 | $42,515 | 25% below the national average | $40,435 | $234,046 |
| St David's Medical Center | 20 | $42,521 | 25% below the national average | $41,705 | $620,307 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc | 33 | $42,591 | 25% below the national average | $32,571 | $148,250 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce | 34 | $42,701 | 25% below the national average | $37,149 | $191,290 |
| St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital | 32 | $42,775 | 24% below the national average | $39,434 | $174,342 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | 21 | $42,785 | 24% below the national average | $35,107 | $228,137 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $50K | $224K |
| 2021 | $52K | $235K |
| 2022 | $54K | $248K |
| 2023 | $55K | $259K |
| 2024 | $57K | $281K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 4 | 119 | $38,498 | $33,970–$41,572 |
| Vermont | 1 | 23 | $41,512 | $41,512–$41,512 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 81 | $43,550 | $41,954–$46,905 |
| Montana | 3 | 77 | $43,656 | $43,023–$44,246 |
| Florida | 37 | 882 | $44,481 | $37,817–$50,503 |
| Idaho | 3 | 61 | $44,762 | $39,435–$48,545 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 175 | $45,304 | $38,416–$49,185 |
| Colorado | 6 | 150 | $45,395 | $39,174–$48,006 |
| Alabama | 7 | 192 | $45,996 | $38,861–$49,427 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 323 | $46,116 | $40,488–$47,284 |
| Indiana | 7 | 199 | $46,667 | $40,849–$51,969 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 184 | $46,700 | $40,224–$51,640 |
| Texas | 34 | 713 | $46,901 | $38,956–$51,742 |
| Kansas | 3 | 128 | $47,031 | $43,152–$47,470 |
| Ohio | 13 | 380 | $47,101 | $43,227–$51,450 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 157 | $47,256 | $39,811–$44,134 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 61 | $47,341 | $42,045–$47,866 |
| Arizona | 9 | 294 | $48,472 | $43,076–$55,114 |
| Nevada | 4 | 99 | $48,545 | $45,440–$49,058 |
| Utah | 5 | 89 | $49,233 | $44,318–$46,919 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 73 | $50,249 | $46,467–$52,822 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 103 | $50,631 | $47,875–$53,740 |
| Iowa | 2 | 90 | $50,830 | $43,716–$53,566 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 372 | $51,217 | $42,250–$56,016 |
| Missouri | 10 | 256 | $51,751 | $40,363–$55,832 |
| Michigan | 14 | 248 | $51,892 | $46,408–$55,598 |
| Delaware | 1 | 74 | $52,384 | $52,384–$52,384 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 98 | $53,547 | $53,547–$53,547 |
| Virginia | 11 | 377 | $54,090 | $44,011–$55,492 |
| Maine | 1 | 45 | $54,649 | $54,649–$54,649 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 170 | $55,014 | $41,637–$66,481 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 214 | $55,026 | $49,166–$57,612 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 568 | $55,367 | $45,318–$57,668 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 213 | $55,813 | $44,118–$59,458 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 23 | $56,043 | $56,043–$56,043 |
| Washington | 8 | 279 | $58,402 | $53,168–$63,629 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 379 | $58,754 | $51,041–$65,462 |
| Georgia | 9 | 297 | $59,554 | $52,760–$61,104 |
| Oregon | 5 | 101 | $59,875 | $56,829–$64,420 |
| Alaska | 2 | 38 | $64,805 | $64,420–$65,117 |
| Illinois | 20 | 533 | $65,867 | $44,344–$71,581 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 55 | $69,787 | $69,787–$69,787 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 57 | $70,367 | $70,367–$70,367 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 122 | $70,547 | $56,700–$70,589 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 323 | $70,757 | $66,135–$74,728 |
| New York | 25 | 705 | $72,572 | $58,570–$79,990 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 56 | $73,349 | $73,438–$75,908 |
| California | 54 | 1,279 | $74,234 | $57,587–$78,748 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 79 | $76,073 | $69,989–$80,010 |
| Maryland | 7 | 191 | $76,456 | $63,387–$89,115 |
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.