Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 025 · Surgery or procedure
Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $45,498 per stay at 600 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $33,271 and $48,246.
Also known as: Brain surgery
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $45,498
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $33,271–$48,246
- Medicare’s share
- $37,824
- Average billed charge
- $231,167
- Hospitals reporting
- 600
Compare hospitals
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600 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 401–450. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | 12 | $45,135 | About average | $37,608 | $223,824 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | 13 | $45,149 | About average | $44,253 | $245,526 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | 34 | $45,150 | About average | $38,624 | $256,636 |
| Miami Valley Hospital | 41 | $45,202 | About average | $28,530 | $225,446 |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley | 12 | $45,251 | About average | $43,935 | $641,161 |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center | 46 | $45,292 | About average | $27,676 | $209,754 |
| West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc | 76 | $45,326 | About average | $31,207 | $161,661 |
| Doctors Medical Center | 20 | $45,346 | About average | $43,983 | $565,380 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | 16 | $45,444 | About average | $40,716 | $375,608 |
| Cape Cod Hospital | 24 | $45,519 | About average | $44,672 | $65,255 |
| Southern Hills Hospital And Medical Center | 20 | $45,558 | About average | $41,441 | $548,347 |
| Duke University Hospital | 88 | $45,701 | About average | $36,850 | $114,445 |
| Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital | 14 | $45,819 | About average | $44,304 | $241,904 |
| Prisma Health Richland Hospital | 60 | $45,948 | About average | $33,282 | $216,201 |
| Piedmont Hospital, Inc | 67 | $46,013 | About average | $26,360 | $206,826 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 18 | $46,068 | About average | $35,659 | $118,753 |
| Indiana University Health | 64 | $46,102 | About average | $40,551 | $237,657 |
| Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo | 11 | $46,331 | About average | $27,276 | $133,569 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc | 45 | $46,556 | About average | $34,240 | $233,727 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | 122 | $46,605 | About average | $35,367 | $132,214 |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | 108 | $46,753 | About average | $37,485 | $258,330 |
| Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center | 11 | $46,849 | About average | $38,514 | $93,967 |
| Medical City Arlington | 14 | $46,856 | About average | $37,975 | $771,026 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | 14 | $46,974 | About average | $29,245 | $298,231 |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy | 44 | $47,001 | About average | $40,281 | $222,331 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | 26 | $47,136 | About average | $42,498 | $281,090 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital | 56 | $47,168 | About average | $35,254 | $158,505 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 28 | $47,169 | About average | $40,781 | $183,842 |
| St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center | 17 | $47,212 | About average | $36,348 | $288,298 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 39 | $47,249 | About average | $32,007 | $336,268 |
| Crouse Hospital | 23 | $47,270 | About average | $37,044 | $93,241 |
| Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center | 15 | $47,281 | About average | $45,486 | $53,754 |
| North Memorial Health Hospital | 21 | $47,323 | About average | $34,921 | $133,331 |
| Marshfield Medical Center | 17 | $47,339 | About average | $44,547 | $137,134 |
| White Plains Hospital Center | 29 | $47,508 | About average | $33,887 | $206,381 |
| The Hospital Of Central Connecticut | 17 | $47,543 | About average | $32,564 | $127,266 |
| University Of Missouri Health Care | 54 | $47,557 | About average | $36,359 | $207,052 |
| Allegheny General Hospital | 41 | $47,738 | About average | $38,230 | $222,063 |
| Tristar Skyline Medical Center | 18 | $47,740 | About average | $24,739 | $436,228 |
| Valley Medical Center | 16 | $47,847 | About average | $40,373 | $278,237 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 51 | $47,926 | About average | $29,953 | $616,182 |
| Baystate Medical Center | 35 | $48,006 | About average | $43,272 | $104,995 |
| Glendale Adventist Medical Center | 36 | $48,096 | About average | $44,097 | $290,182 |
| St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center | 137 | $48,141 | About average | $39,618 | $296,097 |
| Overlook Medical Center | 32 | $48,144 | About average | $34,257 | $218,920 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 61 | $48,151 | About average | $31,756 | $119,195 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest | 11 | $48,155 | About average | $41,524 | $792,580 |
| St Charles Medical Center - Bend | 24 | $48,173 | About average | $45,713 | $161,166 |
| Tampa General Hospital | 68 | $48,196 | About average | $41,924 | $411,925 |
| UNM Hospital | 29 | $48,229 | About average | $44,336 | $104,722 |
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 | $41K | $187K |
| 2021 | $43K | $195K |
| 2022 | $44K | $203K |
| 2023 | $45K | $217K |
| 2024 | $45K | $231K |
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 | 6 | 231 | $30,140 | $28,921–$30,691 |
| Montana | 5 | 132 | $33,858 | $32,382–$33,469 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 168 | $33,927 | $28,505–$33,892 |
| Kansas | 6 | 248 | $34,260 | $31,342–$34,725 |
| Idaho | 4 | 125 | $35,448 | $34,153–$36,586 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 86 | $36,443 | $32,777–$38,361 |
| Alabama | 9 | 268 | $36,598 | $29,291–$37,582 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 248 | $36,798 | $31,040–$36,357 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 292 | $36,860 | $30,628–$34,331 |
| Indiana | 10 | 286 | $36,897 | $30,653–$39,215 |
| Florida | 45 | 1,484 | $37,163 | $31,566–$38,792 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 500 | $38,277 | $32,571–$37,530 |
| Utah | 6 | 191 | $38,317 | $34,212–$37,015 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 238 | $38,427 | $32,862–$40,610 |
| Texas | 54 | 1,402 | $38,595 | $30,676–$41,806 |
| Iowa | 6 | 248 | $38,785 | $32,794–$35,274 |
| Colorado | 12 | 411 | $39,505 | $32,564–$43,965 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 128 | $39,779 | $39,289–$41,333 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 564 | $39,785 | $31,720–$41,963 |
| Nevada | 5 | 166 | $40,059 | $39,419–$43,334 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 331 | $40,602 | $30,364–$39,676 |
| Vermont | 1 | 73 | $40,725 | $40,725–$40,725 |
| Ohio | 19 | 663 | $40,844 | $35,012–$44,358 |
| Virginia | 19 | 688 | $41,404 | $32,586–$42,338 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 113 | $41,593 | $33,211–$40,470 |
| Delaware | 1 | 99 | $41,694 | $41,694–$41,694 |
| Michigan | 16 | 433 | $42,196 | $36,124–$40,259 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 192 | $42,757 | $32,395–$47,001 |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | 940 | $43,847 | $37,337–$45,654 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 59 | $43,940 | $41,903–$46,121 |
| Arizona | 12 | 561 | $44,607 | $33,963–$52,235 |
| Missouri | 11 | 431 | $44,864 | $30,667–$47,363 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 371 | $45,016 | $33,071–$45,184 |
| Maine | 2 | 76 | $45,156 | $36,769–$44,357 |
| Minnesota | 12 | 451 | $45,960 | $34,347–$47,795 |
| Georgia | 17 | 455 | $46,261 | $37,157–$51,030 |
| Washington | 16 | 555 | $46,411 | $39,079–$48,473 |
| Illinois | 27 | 860 | $46,475 | $32,386–$54,209 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 568 | $47,742 | $40,259–$51,542 |
| Oregon | 8 | 262 | $49,998 | $45,290–$52,412 |
| Alaska | 2 | 49 | $51,254 | $51,188–$51,621 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 87 | $51,394 | $51,394–$51,394 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | 746 | $52,306 | $45,519–$52,062 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 81 | $52,913 | $42,999–$51,587 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 236 | $53,092 | $48,179–$55,087 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 73 | $56,607 | $46,364–$55,539 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 157 | $58,662 | $55,698–$59,442 |
| New York | 28 | 1,249 | $60,314 | $46,992–$59,511 |
| California | 65 | 2,052 | $60,350 | $45,149–$61,507 |
| Maryland | 10 | 463 | $62,487 | $41,902–$69,622 |
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.