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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Average payment across these 54 hospitals: $74,234National $56,603 · California $74,234
Median hospital: $63,524
Lowest to highest: $37,007–$129,319
Medicare stays: 1,279

54 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. 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
USC Arcadia HospitalArcadia, CA · CCN 050238	14	$37,007	35% below the national average	$35,315	$345,472
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido, CA · CCN 050115	25	$50,174	11% below the national average	$48,786	$395,457
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina, CA · CCN 050382	14	$52,425	About average	$51,405	$238,341
PIH Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier, CA · CCN 050169	17	$52,698	About average	$51,353	$383,771
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael, CA · CCN 050516	21	$53,616	About average	$52,170	$283,361
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard, CA · CCN 050082	20	$53,638	About average	$51,749	$318,981
Uci Health - Fountain ValleyFountain Valley, CA · CCN 050570	13	$55,805	About average	$54,463	$660,808
California Pacific Medical Center-Davies Campus HospitalSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050008	12	$55,958	About average	$55,036	$224,510
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding, CA · CCN 050280	47	$56,030	About average	$54,266	$262,539
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach, CA · CCN 050224	17	$56,177	About average	$48,749	$225,327
Huntington HospitalPasadena, CA · CCN 050438	19	$56,237	About average	$54,579	$318,549
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster, CA · CCN 050056	14	$56,979	About average	$55,555	$278,203
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CenterBurbank, CA · CCN 050235	26	$57,576	About average	$48,732	$326,359
Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center TorranceTorrance, CA · CCN 050353	30	$57,579	About average	$48,044	$263,493
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, CA · CCN 050026	12	$57,610	About average	$56,386	$399,209
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica, CA · CCN 050290	14	$57,834	About average	$46,621	$256,415
Providence Holy Cross Medical CenterMission Hills, CA · CCN 050278	14	$59,081	About average	$50,898	$314,948
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
Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland, CA · CCN 050043	13	$61,620	About average	$60,505	$305,552
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterPomona, CA · CCN 050231	24	$62,359	10% above the national average	$57,117	$611,059
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
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
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance, CA · CCN 050351	19	$64,127	13% above the national average	$54,725	$515,059
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · CCN 050485	14	$64,215	13% above the national average	$54,112	$371,836
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara, CA · CCN 050396	40	$65,819	16% above the national average	$63,734	$381,151
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050138	15	$66,432	17% above the national average	$64,099	$183,939
Doctors Medical CenterModesto, CA · CCN 050464	64	$67,303	19% above the national average	$56,104	$762,415
Northridge Hospital Medical CenterNorthridge, CA · CCN 050116	13	$68,166	20% above the national average	$51,739	$604,362
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula, CA · CCN 050775	12	$69,290	22% above the national average	$65,754	$284,156
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, CA · CCN 050541	20	$70,178	24% above the national average	$51,041	$224,637
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA · CCN 050309	37	$73,145	29% above the national average	$54,934	$336,137
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CA · CCN 050488	19	$74,398	31% above the national average	$62,181	$361,495
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento, CA · CCN 050108	29	$75,430	33% above the national average	$58,337	$293,287
Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CA · CCN 050007	16	$79,854	41% above the national average	$65,264	$320,644
Uci Health-OrangeOrange, CA · CCN 050348	23	$82,758	46% above the national average	$76,400	$349,666
UCSan Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical CenterSan Diego, CA · CCN 050025	23	$84,514	49% above the national average	$72,406	$318,216
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CA · CCN 050180	43	$85,820	52% above the national average	$67,690	$543,074
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CA · CCN 050380	20	$96,468	70% above the national average	$68,194	$1,368,799
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
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

National trend

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

Average payment
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.