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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $14,949 per stay at 2,332 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $12,238 and $16,175.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $14,949
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $12,238–$16,175
- Medicare’s share
- $12,668
- Average billed charge
- $71,065
- Hospitals reporting
- 2,332
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2,332 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1,201–1,250. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Central Michigan | 11 | $13,802 | About average | $12,763 | $31,137 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 145 | $13,803 | About average | $10,706 | $52,329 |
| Asante Three Rivers Medical Center | 31 | $13,803 | About average | $12,532 | $63,888 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | 19 | $13,807 | About average | $12,604 | $21,676 |
| Duke Regional Hospital | 73 | $13,807 | About average | $12,096 | $32,969 |
| Borgess Medical Center | 19 | $13,807 | About average | $11,044 | $39,311 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend | 82 | $13,808 | About average | $12,226 | $49,101 |
| Navarro Regional Hospital | 22 | $13,813 | About average | $12,923 | $86,841 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway | 16 | $13,814 | About average | $12,252 | $141,376 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | 59 | $13,817 | About average | $11,981 | $41,908 |
| OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center | 26 | $13,819 | About average | $9,509 | $39,928 |
| ProMedica Toledo Hospital | 127 | $13,820 | About average | $11,310 | $78,134 |
| University Of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center | 49 | $13,827 | About average | $12,596 | $15,550 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Clare | 12 | $13,833 | About average | $12,475 | $23,325 |
| Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital | 38 | $13,835 | About average | $12,169 | $36,692 |
| ProMedica Charles And Virginia Hickman Hospital | 32 | $13,835 | About average | $12,094 | $46,305 |
| ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital | 40 | $13,836 | About average | $11,737 | $35,624 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | 392 | $13,838 | About average | $12,515 | $34,952 |
| Methodist Midlothian Medical Center | 26 | $13,838 | About average | $12,537 | $69,664 |
| Carle Foundation Hospital | 153 | $13,846 | About average | $12,082 | $77,444 |
| Owatonna Hospital | 17 | $13,847 | About average | $12,601 | $29,015 |
| Methodist Hospital | 228 | $13,851 | About average | $10,762 | $120,875 |
| West Jersey Hospital | 242 | $13,854 | About average | $12,397 | $144,237 |
| Ottumwa Regional Health Center | 16 | $13,854 | About average | $12,732 | $43,746 |
| Carle Health Methodist Hospital | 25 | $13,854 | About average | $11,586 | $57,986 |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook | 28 | $13,856 | About average | $10,760 | $42,613 |
| McLaren Northern Michigan | 42 | $13,857 | About average | $12,575 | $29,366 |
| Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus Of Lpds Healthc | 27 | $13,858 | About average | $10,889 | $118,544 |
| UPMC McKeesport Hospital | 15 | $13,860 | About average | $9,696 | $48,793 |
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | 77 | $13,860 | About average | $12,416 | $42,912 |
| Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus | 117 | $13,862 | About average | $12,099 | $112,438 |
| Baptist Beaumont Hospital | 69 | $13,864 | About average | $12,094 | $85,869 |
| Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | 98 | $13,870 | About average | $12,223 | $143,761 |
| Adventist Health Portland | 34 | $13,872 | About average | $12,358 | $40,615 |
| Christus Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth | 71 | $13,872 | About average | $12,446 | $78,752 |
| Russell County Hospital | 12 | $13,873 | About average | $13,193 | $45,257 |
| Fairview Northland Regional Hospital | 19 | $13,875 | About average | $12,500 | $44,565 |
| Wilkes Regional Medical Center | 22 | $13,875 | About average | $10,175 | $44,434 |
| Jefferson Health- Northeast | 72 | $13,880 | About average | $11,005 | $48,376 |
| CHI St Alexius Health | 34 | $13,893 | About average | $10,484 | $44,779 |
| Northeast Hospital Corporation | 189 | $13,907 | About average | $11,985 | $33,721 |
| Orlando Health | 128 | $13,908 | About average | $11,907 | $95,848 |
| Fairview Lakes Health Services | 27 | $13,908 | About average | $10,858 | $48,426 |
| Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center | 35 | $13,913 | About average | $12,276 | $42,305 |
| AdventHealth Palm Coast | 17 | $13,922 | About average | $12,770 | $47,259 |
| Conway Medical Center | 21 | $13,924 | About average | $11,317 | $56,491 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | 86 | $13,926 | About average | $10,541 | $49,213 |
| Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital | 42 | $13,932 | About average | $12,141 | $47,283 |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital | 52 | $13,939 | About average | $12,222 | $143,690 |
| M Health Fairview St John's Hospital | 70 | $13,940 | About average | $12,660 | $69,840 |
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 | $60K |
| 2021 | $19K | $66K |
| 2022 | $18K | $65K |
| 2023 | $16K | $67K |
| 2024 | $15K | $71K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | 273 | $11,385 | $10,039–$12,435 |
| Louisiana | 36 | 1,594 | $11,782 | $10,763–$12,486 |
| Arkansas | 28 | 1,624 | $11,823 | $11,032–$12,519 |
| Mississippi | 37 | 1,711 | $12,035 | $11,422–$13,169 |
| Kentucky | 46 | 2,262 | $12,083 | $11,472–$12,746 |
| Alabama | 42 | 1,966 | $12,304 | $11,294–$12,567 |
| Iowa | 25 | 1,300 | $12,515 | $11,403–$13,854 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | 2,249 | $12,653 | $11,422–$13,681 |
| West Virginia | 20 | 1,119 | $12,781 | $11,707–$14,525 |
| Tennessee | 63 | 2,979 | $12,885 | $11,453–$13,457 |
| Indiana | 63 | 3,502 | $12,968 | $12,170–$14,271 |
| Idaho | 10 | 548 | $13,009 | $12,577–$14,206 |
| Missouri | 51 | 3,169 | $13,071 | $11,623–$14,142 |
| Ohio | 95 | 5,235 | $13,078 | $11,307–$13,919 |
| Florida | 159 | 12,403 | $13,181 | $11,812–$14,205 |
| Montana | 10 | 452 | $13,317 | $12,515–$13,569 |
| South Carolina | 44 | 2,377 | $13,437 | $11,439–$14,642 |
| Kansas | 26 | 1,324 | $13,556 | $10,905–$14,396 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 739 | $13,608 | $12,063–$15,278 |
| Texas | 164 | 9,159 | $13,698 | $12,395–$14,139 |
| Virginia | 61 | 3,931 | $13,715 | $12,113–$14,011 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 475 | $13,746 | $13,325–$13,825 |
| Colorado | 33 | 1,422 | $13,818 | $12,410–$14,462 |
| Pennsylvania | 109 | 5,907 | $14,056 | $11,650–$14,868 |
| Michigan | 67 | 3,418 | $14,233 | $13,163–$14,935 |
| North Carolina | 71 | 4,177 | $14,270 | $12,175–$14,298 |
| Illinois | 95 | 6,773 | $14,298 | $12,487–$15,180 |
| South Dakota | 8 | 466 | $14,305 | $11,939–$13,788 |
| Utah | 18 | 599 | $14,338 | $11,941–$13,541 |
| Wisconsin | 50 | 1,870 | $14,386 | $12,074–$14,349 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 974 | $14,418 | $12,626–$15,380 |
| New Mexico | 18 | 690 | $14,747 | $12,098–$18,422 |
| Georgia | 70 | 3,592 | $14,751 | $12,388–$14,713 |
| Arizona | 45 | 2,842 | $14,822 | $12,696–$15,564 |
| Delaware | 5 | 776 | $14,910 | $13,373–$15,896 |
| Maine | 14 | 596 | $15,351 | $13,521–$16,267 |
| Nevada | 18 | 1,128 | $15,423 | $14,753–$16,799 |
| Minnesota | 39 | 1,788 | $15,568 | $12,889–$15,219 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 538 | $15,760 | $12,511–$16,337 |
| Washington | 42 | 2,432 | $15,780 | $14,181–$16,201 |
| Massachusetts | 49 | 6,487 | $15,844 | $13,305–$17,826 |
| New Jersey | 57 | 5,176 | $16,061 | $14,055–$18,524 |
| Oregon | 28 | 1,095 | $16,803 | $14,595–$17,753 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 2,345 | $17,516 | $15,290–$17,382 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 250 | $17,636 | $14,932–$20,993 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 331 | $18,168 | $17,555–$21,248 |
| California | 218 | 12,929 | $18,934 | $16,625–$19,653 |
| New York | 114 | 9,012 | $19,437 | $15,089–$20,694 |
| Maryland | 40 | 2,462 | $19,784 | $16,523–$21,460 |
| Hawaii | 11 | 638 | $19,796 | $17,353–$22,973 |
| Alaska | 7 | 247 | $22,051 | $19,067–$27,783 |
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.