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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 1,651–1,700. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospitals And Wellness Centers | 15 | $15,603 | About average | $14,079 | $23,591 |
| HealthAlliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus | 47 | $15,606 | About average | $12,641 | $110,042 |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 43 | $15,618 | About average | $14,416 | $93,064 |
| Northern Nevada Medical Center | 37 | $15,620 | About average | $14,473 | $115,532 |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 66 | $15,623 | About average | $12,674 | $78,759 |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc | 51 | $15,633 | About average | $14,418 | $55,052 |
| Memorial Hospital West | 82 | $15,657 | About average | $13,614 | $165,186 |
| MetroWest Medical Center | 74 | $15,658 | About average | $14,237 | $73,738 |
| University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences | 30 | $15,661 | About average | $12,156 | $44,775 |
| Matagorda Regional Medical Center | 18 | $15,666 | About average | $14,578 | $24,885 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center | 136 | $15,674 | About average | $14,342 | $78,918 |
| Hudson Valley Hospital Center | 94 | $15,679 | About average | $13,555 | $72,881 |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital | 62 | $15,681 | About average | $14,211 | $114,326 |
| Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital | 62 | $15,682 | About average | $13,198 | $171,195 |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital | 101 | $15,692 | About average | $12,725 | $48,846 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital | 122 | $15,696 | About average | $13,645 | $93,756 |
| HCA Florida Kendall Hospital | 65 | $15,697 | About average | $14,018 | $143,543 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas | 131 | $15,700 | About average | $14,098 | $81,429 |
| Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center | 87 | $15,704 | About average | $14,394 | $52,215 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | 191 | $15,706 | About average | $13,254 | $104,070 |
| Lower Bucks Hospital | 17 | $15,719 | About average | $13,401 | $66,764 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | 14 | $15,727 | About average | $14,331 | $45,741 |
| Ascension St Vincent Hospital | 77 | $15,728 | About average | $12,707 | $69,723 |
| Adventist Health Twin Cities | 38 | $15,733 | About average | $14,488 | $169,653 |
| North Memorial Health Hospital | 47 | $15,738 | About average | $12,100 | $56,692 |
| Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital | 38 | $15,747 | About average | $12,680 | $30,418 |
| United Health Services Hospitals, Inc | 68 | $15,752 | About average | $13,023 | $37,502 |
| Erlanger Medical Center | 51 | $15,755 | About average | $12,127 | $44,558 |
| Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical | 62 | $15,759 | About average | $13,737 | $66,567 |
| Redlands Community Hospital | 31 | $15,762 | About average | $14,500 | $128,287 |
| Watauga Medical Center | 34 | $15,777 | About average | $14,213 | $35,580 |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | 40 | $15,791 | About average | $14,930 | $64,972 |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield | 55 | $15,791 | About average | $14,265 | $109,644 |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc | 42 | $15,792 | About average | $14,042 | $42,114 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | 22 | $15,798 | About average | $12,811 | $53,734 |
| JFK University Medical Center | 189 | $15,800 | About average | $13,658 | $109,384 |
| Baycare Hospital Wesley Chapel | 14 | $15,812 | About average | $8,100 | $63,402 |
| West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc | 84 | $15,816 | About average | $11,453 | $58,144 |
| Wynn Hospital | 84 | $15,832 | About average | $13,843 | $55,341 |
| Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph | 154 | $15,836 | About average | $14,343 | $55,172 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center | 34 | $15,839 | About average | $9,984 | $57,001 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | 27 | $15,846 | About average | $11,288 | $95,117 |
| Shasta Regional Medical Center | 60 | $15,846 | About average | $14,500 | $64,931 |
| Mercy Health Saint Mary's | 28 | $15,850 | About average | $12,556 | $41,473 |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital | 22 | $15,859 | About average | $12,952 | $38,212 |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center | 112 | $15,860 | About average | $13,966 | $31,839 |
| Trinity Health Livingston Hospital | 29 | $15,892 | About average | $13,246 | $29,848 |
| Christiana Hospital | 381 | $15,896 | About average | $13,096 | $53,275 |
| Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery | 31 | $15,897 | About average | $11,690 | $46,920 |
| St Johns Regional Medical Center | 93 | $15,904 | About average | $14,530 | $92,389 |
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.