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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 1,301–1,350. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 80 | $14,102 | About average | $11,309 | $52,082 |
| Menifee Global Medical Center | 12 | $14,104 | About average | $13,018 | $34,976 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc | 36 | $14,106 | About average | $10,653 | $60,045 |
| Delta Health System - The Medical Center | 13 | $14,114 | About average | $10,962 | $50,870 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital | 74 | $14,116 | About average | $11,293 | $44,694 |
| Medical City Las Colinas | 13 | $14,116 | About average | $12,609 | $183,500 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest | 26 | $14,117 | About average | $12,861 | $59,307 |
| Glens Falls Hospital | 50 | $14,120 | About average | $12,546 | $43,320 |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | 116 | $14,122 | About average | $11,487 | $41,549 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | 59 | $14,123 | About average | $11,982 | $53,195 |
| St Joseph Hospital | 75 | $14,127 | About average | $12,520 | $73,007 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | 69 | $14,130 | About average | $10,898 | $46,125 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | 55 | $14,138 | About average | $11,075 | $87,152 |
| Lewisgale Medical Center | 63 | $14,141 | About average | $10,967 | $77,101 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | 67 | $14,150 | About average | $10,230 | $38,104 |
| Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center | 16 | $14,152 | About average | $11,936 | $51,554 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 26 | $14,153 | About average | $11,812 | $90,423 |
| Labette Health | 14 | $14,157 | About average | $12,991 | $26,868 |
| Kettering Health Dayton | 61 | $14,158 | About average | $12,109 | $72,298 |
| The Medical Center (Bowling Green) | 93 | $14,163 | About average | $11,697 | $58,282 |
| Carolina East Medical Center | 152 | $14,164 | About average | $12,881 | $39,402 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | 24 | $14,165 | About average | $12,873 | $23,276 |
| Olympic Medical Center | 52 | $14,176 | About average | $12,976 | $32,666 |
| Carteret General Hospital | 71 | $14,183 | About average | $12,832 | $22,705 |
| Multicare Auburn Medical Center | 16 | $14,196 | About average | $13,075 | $49,313 |
| Lake Region Healthcare Corporation | 19 | $14,196 | About average | $13,337 | $38,376 |
| McLaren Flint | 60 | $14,197 | About average | $12,134 | $45,581 |
| Norton-King's Daughters' Health | 38 | $14,199 | About average | $12,411 | $51,704 |
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital | 11 | $14,200 | About average | $13,016 | $28,780 |
| HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital | 78 | $14,202 | About average | $12,254 | $144,166 |
| Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc | 26 | $14,202 | About average | $8,914 | $31,977 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital | 76 | $14,204 | About average | $12,928 | $100,446 |
| St Anthony Community Hospital | 21 | $14,205 | About average | $13,118 | $114,470 |
| Grand Itasca Clinic And Hospital | 23 | $14,207 | About average | $12,860 | $38,753 |
| Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center | 58 | $14,207 | About average | $12,125 | $34,505 |
| Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | 106 | $14,209 | About average | $12,545 | $46,625 |
| Shorepoint Health Punta Gorda | 21 | $14,209 | About average | $13,005 | $72,915 |
| Parkview Dekalb Hospital | 16 | $14,213 | About average | $13,091 | $38,001 |
| Chilton Medical Center | 118 | $14,214 | About average | $12,421 | $114,977 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital | 228 | $14,220 | About average | $12,381 | $38,629 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | 44 | $14,222 | About average | $12,767 | $53,627 |
| Jersey Community Hospital | 12 | $14,228 | About average | $13,415 | $36,179 |
| West Penn Hospital | 13 | $14,233 | About average | $12,199 | $73,661 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | 41 | $14,242 | About average | $13,406 | $46,600 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 99 | $14,243 | About average | $12,204 | $178,685 |
| Dickinson County Memorial Hospital | 15 | $14,245 | About average | $12,256 | $45,479 |
| Sentara Albemarle Medical Center | 37 | $14,245 | About average | $12,925 | $34,561 |
| Uva Health Culpeper Medical Center | 45 | $14,247 | About average | $11,802 | $35,185 |
| Memorial Hospital Of Carbondale | 47 | $14,247 | About average | $11,046 | $60,733 |
| Central Maine Medical Center | 54 | $14,249 | About average | $12,236 | $48,879 |
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.