Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 023 · Surgery or procedure

Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex CNS principal diagnosis with MCC…

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.

Also known as: Brain surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $56,603
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $43,404–$62,453
Medicare’s share: $47,97885% of the payment
Average billed charge: $281,418
Hospitals reporting: 43211,805 stays

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432 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 301–350. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex CNS principal diagnosis with MCC… by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale, CA · CCN 050239	15	$59,354	About average	$52,131	$356,159
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks, CA · CCN 050549	13	$59,367	About average	$51,923	$765,050
Scripps Mercy HospitalSan Diego, CA · CCN 050077	13	$59,430	About average	$57,152	$433,126
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo, CA · CCN 050567	16	$59,481	About average	$53,715	$356,515
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	32	$59,681	About average	$41,143	$301,451
NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston, IL · CCN 140010	18	$59,714	About average	$42,433	$176,486
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud, MN · CCN 240036	20	$59,894	About average	$51,429	$148,554
Mayo ClinicJacksonville, FL · CCN 100151	28	$60,129	About average	$48,756	$199,921
HCA Florida Brandon HospitalBrandon, FL · CCN 100243	15	$60,387	About average	$41,090	$541,071
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church, VA · CCN 490063	86	$60,400	About average	$47,490	$156,577
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids, MI · CCN 230038	23	$60,883	About average	$42,108	$183,125
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450068	40	$60,902	About average	$51,020	$272,323
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	68	$61,104	About average	$52,694	$441,994
Suburban HospitalBethesda, MD · CCN 210022	21	$61,211	About average	$55,550	$68,523
University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033	51	$61,239	About average	$37,968	$250,218
Medical City ArlingtonArlington, TX · CCN 450675	16	$61,506	About average	$38,671	$793,704
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	38	$61,589	About average	$51,282	$196,540
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland, CA · CCN 050043	13	$61,620	About average	$60,505	$305,552
Kaleida HealthBuffalo, NY · CCN 330005	30	$61,635	About average	$53,007	$181,255
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038	61	$61,694	About average	$58,059	$389,493
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA · CCN 220171	27	$61,829	About average	$55,920	$128,659
University Of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor, MI · CCN 230046	21	$61,859	About average	$50,412	$214,646
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona, CA · CCN 050231	24	$62,359	10% above the national average	$57,117	$611,059
Valley Medical CenterRenton, WA · CCN 500088	13	$62,445	10% above the national average	$50,561	$282,299
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno, CA · CCN 050060	64	$62,474	10% above the national average	$59,061	$304,536
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla, CA · CCN 050324	17	$63,024	11% above the national average	$49,702	$459,378
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside, CA · CCN 050022	24	$63,029	11% above the national average	$60,125	$758,930
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield, CA · CCN 050036	20	$63,173	12% above the national average	$61,847	$402,959
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260032	57	$63,500	12% above the national average	$48,631	$194,813
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 140281	37	$63,677	12% above the national average	$52,417	$323,163
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs, CA · CCN 050243	20	$63,875	13% above the national average	$61,119	$656,644
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton, CA · CCN 050168	19	$63,982	13% above the national average	$49,636	$261,191
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220077	39	$64,034	13% above the national average	$53,420	$122,368
Alaska Regional HospitalAnchorage, AK · CCN 020017	18	$64,071	13% above the national average	$50,842	$652,289
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance, CA · CCN 050351	19	$64,127	13% above the national average	$54,725	$515,059
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440039	46	$64,133	13% above the national average	$49,514	$296,286
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria, IL · CCN 140067	40	$64,185	13% above the national average	$45,445	$298,266
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · CCN 050485	14	$64,215	13% above the national average	$54,112	$371,836
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · CCN 310076	26	$64,313	14% above the national average	$45,788	$284,412
Providence St Vincent Medical CenterPortland, OR · CCN 380004	16	$64,420	14% above the national average	$53,223	$197,753
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004	51	$64,443	14% above the national average	$44,532	$175,354
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390174	46	$64,844	15% above the national average	$57,629	$271,106
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island, NY · CCN 330160	14	$64,862	15% above the national average	$61,229	$375,209
Javon Bea HospitalRockford, IL · CCN 140239	21	$65,275	15% above the national average	$41,079	$245,520
Providence Alaska Medical CenterAnchorage, AK · CCN 020001	20	$65,466	16% above the national average	$44,495	$289,413
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge, IL · CCN 140223	56	$65,530	16% above the national average	$46,471	$238,654
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville, MD · CCN 210057	16	$65,563	16% above the national average	$60,317	$74,269
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara, CA · CCN 050396	40	$65,819	16% above the national average	$63,734	$381,151
Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310014	38	$65,845	16% above the national average	$61,486	$327,961
Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · CCN 070025	37	$66,085	17% above the national average	$54,388	$185,113

National trend

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

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Average billed charge

2020: 10,973 stays at 403 hospitals · 2021: 10,714 stays at 415 hospitals · 2022: 10,305 stays at 401 hospitals · 2023: 11,156 stays at 432 hospitals · 2024: 11,805 stays at 432 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex CNS principal diagnosis with MCC…
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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Average payment by state for Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex CNS principal diagnosis with MCC…, 2024
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.