Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 039 · Surgery or procedure
Extracranial procedures without CC/MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $10,372 per stay at 378 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $8,813 and $11,191.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $10,372
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $8,813–$11,191
- Medicare’s share
- $7,856
- Average billed charge
- $59,351
- Hospitals reporting
- 378
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378 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 201–250. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | 21 | $10,007 | About average | $8,407 | $94,853 |
| St Mary Medical Center | 11 | $10,022 | About average | $6,707 | $46,059 |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | 18 | $10,039 | About average | $8,449 | $57,280 |
| Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital | 17 | $10,058 | About average | $6,858 | $34,814 |
| Lee Memorial Hospital | 11 | $10,068 | About average | $7,637 | $113,421 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc | 42 | $10,072 | About average | $6,131 | $37,550 |
| Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital | 13 | $10,078 | About average | $9,046 | $63,246 |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center | 18 | $10,095 | About average | $8,493 | $26,521 |
| Carilion Medical Center | 53 | $10,122 | About average | $7,375 | $67,523 |
| Halifax Health Medical Center | 16 | $10,153 | About average | $8,845 | $72,385 |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 | 29 | $10,160 | About average | $6,875 | $41,102 |
| Main Line Hospital Lankenau | 13 | $10,160 | About average | $8,435 | $51,566 |
| Kettering Health Main Campus | 24 | $10,175 | About average | $6,891 | $90,992 |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 22 | $10,176 | About average | $7,619 | $96,653 |
| Spectrum Health | 11 | $10,189 | About average | $8,480 | $53,097 |
| UCH-Memorial Health System | 16 | $10,193 | About average | $7,067 | $69,033 |
| Christiana Hospital | 38 | $10,215 | About average | $8,591 | $34,448 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 17 | $10,224 | About average | $7,477 | $42,410 |
| McLaren Flint | 15 | $10,239 | About average | $7,862 | $57,303 |
| Caromont Regional Medical Center | 14 | $10,257 | About average | $7,068 | $42,120 |
| Ascension St Vincent Hospital | 25 | $10,267 | About average | $8,591 | $69,156 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | 20 | $10,277 | About average | $7,893 | $160,423 |
| Community Hospital East | 19 | $10,287 | About average | $7,503 | $46,963 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 13 | $10,295 | About average | $8,698 | $118,755 |
| Ecu Health Medical Center | 17 | $10,302 | About average | $8,053 | $31,704 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 24 | $10,311 | About average | $7,411 | $80,365 |
| Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital | 11 | $10,316 | About average | $8,651 | $30,646 |
| East Jefferson General Hospital | 23 | $10,325 | About average | $6,899 | $118,545 |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 19 | $10,328 | About average | $8,559 | $90,933 |
| Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center | 24 | $10,328 | About average | $8,968 | $99,568 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | 12 | $10,341 | About average | $8,981 | $91,537 |
| Piedmont Hospital, Inc | 24 | $10,345 | About average | $6,375 | $72,255 |
| Ocean Medical Center | 16 | $10,349 | About average | $8,552 | $48,823 |
| Medical City Denton | 31 | $10,390 | About average | $7,755 | $116,601 |
| Mount Carmel East & West | 16 | $10,416 | About average | $6,868 | $69,889 |
| Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center | 14 | $10,443 | About average | $7,301 | $123,836 |
| Meritus Medical Center | 14 | $10,452 | About average | $8,562 | $11,254 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center | 11 | $10,458 | About average | $6,746 | $138,204 |
| Regions Hospital | 32 | $10,474 | About average | $8,832 | $40,140 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | 18 | $10,506 | About average | $7,499 | $63,932 |
| University Health System, Inc | 13 | $10,513 | About average | $7,377 | $28,637 |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis | 11 | $10,514 | About average | $6,689 | $56,430 |
| Raleigh General Hospital | 13 | $10,553 | About average | $4,660 | $59,719 |
| Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center | 19 | $10,553 | About average | $6,592 | $48,032 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Midland | 11 | $10,554 | About average | $7,447 | $30,002 |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | 18 | $10,563 | About average | $8,612 | $69,398 |
| St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 12 | $10,570 | About average | $8,334 | $76,577 |
| University Of Missouri Health Care | 21 | $10,591 | About average | $8,204 | $67,240 |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center | 12 | $10,600 | About average | $9,076 | $67,050 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,The | 15 | $10,601 | About average | $7,524 | $101,933 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
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| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $8,965 | $49K |
| 2021 | $9,310 | $51K |
| 2022 | $9,542 | $54K |
| 2023 | $10K | $56K |
| 2024 | $10K | $59K |
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 | 8 | 133 | $7,964 | $7,821–$8,269 |
| Kansas | 7 | 222 | $8,203 | $8,252–$9,400 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 184 | $8,233 | $7,833–$8,642 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 123 | $8,393 | $7,751–$8,560 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 174 | $8,403 | $8,102–$9,664 |
| Iowa | 6 | 115 | $8,598 | $8,184–$8,272 |
| Louisiana | 8 | 258 | $8,806 | $8,005–$9,839 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 53 | $8,826 | $8,552–$8,990 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 84 | $8,970 | $8,145–$8,882 |
| Alabama | 11 | 239 | $9,052 | $8,443–$9,677 |
| Idaho | 2 | 39 | $9,056 | $9,024–$9,216 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 111 | $9,335 | $9,171–$9,492 |
| Montana | 3 | 51 | $9,336 | $8,960–$9,885 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 103 | $9,423 | $8,717–$10,848 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 75 | $9,463 | $8,901–$10,129 |
| Vermont | 1 | 28 | $9,479 | $9,479–$9,479 |
| Missouri | 12 | 197 | $9,518 | $8,442–$10,743 |
| Arizona | 10 | 188 | $9,520 | $8,946–$10,304 |
| Florida | 27 | 545 | $9,533 | $8,667–$10,294 |
| Colorado | 3 | 42 | $9,596 | $9,181–$9,998 |
| Indiana | 10 | 205 | $9,632 | $9,193–$10,218 |
| Texas | 27 | 552 | $9,668 | $8,550–$10,495 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 195 | $9,772 | $8,866–$10,513 |
| Georgia | 12 | 260 | $9,981 | $8,973–$11,098 |
| Ohio | 13 | 263 | $10,050 | $8,448–$10,416 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 161 | $10,138 | $9,389–$10,387 |
| Virginia | 9 | 210 | $10,161 | $8,831–$10,122 |
| Delaware | 1 | 38 | $10,215 | $10,215–$10,215 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 337 | $10,456 | $9,245–$10,313 |
| Illinois | 12 | 218 | $10,513 | $8,974–$10,977 |
| Michigan | 11 | 151 | $10,582 | $9,914–$10,674 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 12 | $10,600 | $10,600–$10,600 |
| Nevada | 4 | 74 | $10,629 | $10,514–$10,849 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 137 | $10,851 | $8,849–$10,972 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | 193 | $11,023 | $8,814–$11,699 |
| Washington | 7 | 138 | $11,085 | $9,732–$12,091 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 282 | $11,279 | $9,937–$12,448 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 66 | $11,343 | $9,904–$12,226 |
| Maine | 2 | 42 | $11,504 | $10,200–$11,966 |
| Utah | 1 | 12 | $11,558 | $11,558–$11,558 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 13 | $11,634 | $11,634–$11,634 |
| Oregon | 4 | 75 | $12,451 | $11,594–$13,982 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 11 | $12,490 | $12,490–$12,490 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 218 | $12,676 | $11,741–$13,912 |
| California | 16 | 335 | $12,902 | $11,914–$13,166 |
| New York | 15 | 344 | $14,099 | $11,326–$15,784 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 22 | $14,919 | $14,919–$14,919 |
| Maryland | 8 | 172 | $16,465 | $13,416–$20,530 |
| Alaska | 2 | 39 | $18,273 | $16,427–$18,514 |
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.