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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $18,289 per stay at 45 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $14,790 and $19,980.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $18,289
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $14,790–$19,980
- Medicare’s share
- $15,267
- Average billed charge
- $84,032
- Hospitals reporting
- 45
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45 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak | 12 | $11,024 | 40% below the national average | $9,664 | $102,767 |
| Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital | 11 | $11,700 | 36% below the national average | $11,242 | $54,076 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | 14 | $12,276 | 33% below the national average | $10,708 | $122,029 |
| Cleveland Clinic Hospital | 13 | $12,436 | 32% below the national average | $10,414 | $48,308 |
| UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital | 12 | $12,765 | 30% below the national average | $11,180 | $81,025 |
| ProMedica Toledo Hospital | 13 | $13,407 | 27% below the national average | $11,357 | $83,659 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 13 | $13,676 | 25% below the national average | $12,273 | $81,339 |
| UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. | 24 | $13,886 | 24% below the national average | $11,130 | $43,823 |
| Ascension St Vincent Hospital | 11 | $13,998 | 23% below the national average | $11,906 | $89,708 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | 16 | $14,031 | 23% below the national average | $12,264 | $98,518 |
| Sunrise Hospital And Medical Center | 12 | $14,300 | 22% below the national average | $12,852 | $256,111 |
| University Of Alabama Hospital | 14 | $14,790 | 19% below the national average | $12,025 | $71,898 |
| Mayo Clinic | 15 | $14,890 | 19% below the national average | $12,208 | $52,994 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 12 | $15,303 | 16% below the national average | $12,668 | $73,368 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 18 | $15,602 | 15% below the national average | $10,730 | $121,589 |
| UH Cleveland Medical Center | 12 | $16,215 | 11% below the national average | $13,794 | $58,080 |
| St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center | 26 | $16,441 | 10% below the national average | $14,203 | $84,955 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral Health | 15 | $16,520 | About average | $12,365 | $78,742 |
| O U Medical Center | 17 | $16,877 | About average | $15,048 | $148,695 |
| Kaleida Health | 14 | $16,885 | About average | $15,177 | $50,873 |
| University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics | 11 | $16,891 | About average | $14,689 | $49,591 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | 19 | $17,016 | About average | $14,384 | $81,419 |
| Cleveland Clinic | 13 | $17,415 | About average | $10,856 | $56,295 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | 16 | $17,420 | About average | $15,011 | $75,527 |
| Duke University Hospital | 19 | $17,457 | About average | $14,491 | $61,957 |
| Medical College Of Virginia Hospitals | 18 | $17,509 | About average | $13,533 | $88,680 |
| North Shore University Hospital | 13 | $17,720 | About average | $15,657 | $94,530 |
| Christiana Hospital | 11 | $17,999 | About average | $11,183 | $57,612 |
| Piedmont Hospital, Inc | 11 | $18,146 | About average | $7,925 | $107,440 |
| Brigham And Women's Hospital | 20 | $19,059 | About average | $16,963 | $75,182 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital | 13 | $19,552 | About average | $17,386 | $48,723 |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill | 11 | $19,871 | About average | $12,806 | $86,751 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester | 40 | $19,913 | About average | $14,643 | $47,472 |
| Harborview Medical Center | 13 | $19,980 | About average | $15,090 | $68,738 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital | 16 | $20,018 | About average | $17,991 | $81,510 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 28 | $20,718 | 13% above the national average | $16,204 | $74,679 |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals | 42 | $20,781 | 14% above the national average | $19,115 | $183,155 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital | 14 | $21,867 | 20% above the national average | $16,481 | $99,299 |
| Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore | 25 | $22,074 | 21% above the national average | $19,316 | $24,901 |
| University Of California Davis Medical Center | 19 | $22,418 | 23% above the national average | $20,757 | $118,228 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | 11 | $22,769 | 25% above the national average | $19,692 | $91,911 |
| Stanford Health Care | 14 | $25,246 | 38% above the national average | $22,830 | $188,896 |
| Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | 32 | $25,331 | 39% above the national average | $22,710 | $28,956 |
| The Johns Hopkins Hospital | 16 | $26,502 | 45% above the national average | $23,454 | $29,759 |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center | 16 | $27,609 | 51% above the national average | $24,932 | $71,085 |
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 | $17K | $63K |
| 2021 | $17K | $69K |
| 2022 | $18K | $74K |
| 2023 | $18K | $77K |
| 2024 | $18K | $84K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 25 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1 | 11 | $11,700 | $11,700–$11,700 |
| Texas | 4 | 64 | $13,175 | $12,330–$13,922 |
| Kansas | 1 | 13 | $13,676 | $13,676–$13,676 |
| Florida | 4 | 60 | $13,962 | $12,396–$15,068 |
| Indiana | 1 | 11 | $13,998 | $13,998–$13,998 |
| Nevada | 1 | 12 | $14,300 | $14,300–$14,300 |
| Alabama | 1 | 14 | $14,790 | $14,790–$14,790 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 12 | $15,303 | $15,303–$15,303 |
| Ohio | 3 | 38 | $15,665 | $14,811–$16,815 |
| Arizona | 1 | 26 | $16,441 | $16,441–$16,441 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 17 | $16,877 | $16,877–$16,877 |
| Utah | 1 | 11 | $16,891 | $16,891–$16,891 |
| Missouri | 1 | 19 | $17,016 | $17,016–$17,016 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 34 | $17,044 | $16,754–$17,223 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 16 | $17,420 | $17,420–$17,420 |
| Virginia | 1 | 18 | $17,509 | $17,509–$17,509 |
| Delaware | 1 | 11 | $17,999 | $17,999–$17,999 |
| Georgia | 1 | 11 | $18,146 | $18,146–$18,146 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 13 | $19,552 | $19,552–$19,552 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 40 | $19,913 | $19,913–$19,913 |
| Washington | 2 | 24 | $19,930 | $19,898–$19,953 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 48 | $20,027 | $19,474–$20,304 |
| New York | 6 | 110 | $20,150 | $18,295–$21,595 |
| Maryland | 3 | 73 | $24,472 | $23,702–$25,916 |
| California | 3 | 49 | $24,921 | $23,832–$26,428 |
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.