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 401–432. 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
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330024	25	$78,629	39% above the national average	$65,827	$385,230
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CA · CCN 050007	16	$79,854	41% above the national average	$65,264	$320,644
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn, NY · CCN 330194	12	$79,990	41% above the national average	$60,950	$266,471
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330119	13	$80,856	43% above the national average	$74,366	$461,204
The University Of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL · CCN 140088	44	$80,960	43% above the national average	$61,403	$345,359
University Of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, MD · CCN 210002	56	$81,598	44% above the national average	$75,761	$88,776
Uci Health-OrangeOrange, CA · CCN 050348	23	$82,758	46% above the national average	$76,400	$349,666
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · CCN 070022	49	$84,104	49% above the national average	$58,710	$259,974
UCSan Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical CenterSan Diego, CA · CCN 050025	23	$84,514	49% above the national average	$72,406	$318,216
Mount Sinai WestNew York, NY · CCN 330046	31	$85,106	50% above the national average	$77,905	$510,455
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CA · CCN 050180	43	$85,820	52% above the national average	$67,690	$543,074
SUNY/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook, NY · CCN 330393	61	$87,221	54% above the national average	$60,705	$346,092
MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · CCN 090004	26	$87,651	55% above the national average	$52,240	$272,818
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330101	49	$88,135	56% above the national average	$72,427	$525,412
Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220031	28	$89,881	59% above the national average	$78,387	$180,338
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL · CCN 140242	31	$94,765	67% above the national average	$37,045	$332,426
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY · CCN 330059	31	$95,610	69% above the national average	$67,864	$458,982
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CA · CCN 050380	20	$96,468	70% above the national average	$68,194	$1,368,799
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore, MD · CCN 210029	17	$96,632	71% above the national average	$88,458	$110,347
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MD · CCN 210009	23	$97,462	72% above the national average	$78,541	$109,105
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CA · CCN 050327	22	$97,714	73% above the national average	$67,741	$456,590
University Of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento, CA · CCN 050599	71	$100,035	77% above the national average	$69,828	$374,726
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York, NY · CCN 330204	30	$100,047	77% above the national average	$77,442	$197,568
UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050454	45	$101,212	79% above the national average	$92,586	$491,873
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050625	30	$107,463	90% above the national average	$98,413	$1,308,731
Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · CCN 050441	48	$109,539	94% above the national average	$100,239	$918,591
Keck Hospital Of USCLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050696	22	$109,542	94% above the national average	$85,604	$473,301
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood, IL · CCN 140276	25	$113,452	100% above the national average	$47,703	$218,852
University Of Illinois Hospital And ClinicsChicago, IL · CCN 140150	23	$115,533	104% above the national average	$75,394	$312,016
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050262	21	$125,340	121% above the national average	$106,835	$468,363
Highland HospitalOakland, CA · CCN 050320	12	$129,030	128% above the national average	$117,699	$566,714
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050228	14	$129,319	128% above the national average	$104,366	$414,908

National trend

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

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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.