Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 177
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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
Hospitals in California
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 218 hospitals
- $18,934
- Median hospital
- $17,720
- Lowest to highest
- $12,529–$63,238
- Medicare stays
- 12,929
218 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palomar Medical Center Poway | 60 | $12,529 | 16% below the national average | $11,333 | $134,013 |
| Palomar Health Downtown Campus | 121 | $13,288 | 11% below the national average | $11,572 | $145,166 |
| Menifee Global Medical Center | 12 | $14,104 | About average | $13,018 | $34,976 |
| Sonoma Valley Hospital | 13 | $14,756 | About average | $13,626 | $77,400 |
| PIH Health Downey Hospital | 39 | $14,871 | About average | $13,465 | $79,823 |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center | 67 | $14,896 | About average | $13,613 | $119,831 |
| USC Arcadia Hospital | 129 | $14,938 | About average | $13,555 | $126,352 |
| Tri-City Medical Center | 38 | $14,940 | About average | $13,891 | $87,866 |
| PIH Health Hospital-Whittier | 50 | $15,130 | About average | $14,074 | $100,844 |
| Doctors Hospital Of Manteca | 34 | $15,138 | About average | $14,322 | $209,035 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 269 | $15,388 | About average | $13,898 | $80,340 |
| San Dimas Community Hospital | 27 | $15,450 | About average | $14,242 | $73,756 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 124 | $15,506 | About average | $14,256 | $125,414 |
| Enloe Health | 186 | $15,532 | About average | $14,406 | $108,762 |
| Uci Health - Placentia Linda | 36 | $15,537 | About average | $14,270 | $196,310 |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos | 78 | $15,550 | About average | $14,400 | $201,223 |
| Encino Hospital Medical Center | 33 | $15,565 | About average | $14,453 | $83,401 |
| French Hospital Medical Center | 53 | $15,566 | About average | $14,426 | $111,110 |
| Adventist Health Sierra Vista | 20 | $15,589 | About average | $14,610 | $151,027 |
| Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital | 49 | $15,599 | About average | $14,674 | $127,035 |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 43 | $15,618 | About average | $14,416 | $93,064 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center | 136 | $15,674 | About average | $14,342 | $78,918 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas | 131 | $15,700 | About average | $14,098 | $81,429 |
| Adventist Health Twin Cities | 38 | $15,733 | About average | $14,488 | $169,653 |
| Redlands Community Hospital | 31 | $15,762 | About average | $14,500 | $128,287 |
| 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 |
| Shasta Regional Medical Center | 60 | $15,846 | About average | $14,500 | $64,931 |
| St Johns Regional Medical Center | 93 | $15,904 | About average | $14,530 | $92,389 |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital | 17 | $15,906 | About average | $14,416 | $65,547 |
| Marshall Medical Center | 71 | $15,935 | About average | $14,693 | $86,132 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center | 67 | $16,005 | About average | $14,775 | $89,554 |
| Mercy Hospital Of Folsom | 52 | $16,019 | About average | $14,858 | $89,713 |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley | 65 | $16,024 | About average | $13,985 | $132,137 |
| Huntington Beach Hospital | 38 | $16,065 | About average | $14,938 | $99,254 |
| UCLA West Valley Medical Center | 100 | $16,076 | About average | $14,829 | $228,459 |
| Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center | 21 | $16,084 | About average | $15,037 | $99,495 |
| Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital | 45 | $16,086 | About average | $15,017 | $83,346 |
| El Centro Regional Medical Center | 40 | $16,169 | About average | $15,108 | $78,815 |
| Sutter Tracy Community Hospital | 16 | $16,175 | About average | $14,849 | $74,898 |
| John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital | 23 | $16,230 | About average | $15,027 | $170,017 |
| Providence Little Co Of Mary Medical Center San Pedro | 22 | $16,239 | About average | $13,985 | $91,199 |
| Adventist Health Lodi Memorial | 64 | $16,256 | About average | $15,009 | $162,290 |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital | 19 | $16,277 | About average | $15,418 | $68,097 |
| Providence Mission Hospital | 193 | $16,293 | About average | $14,948 | $99,806 |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center | 77 | $16,324 | About average | $14,317 | $132,985 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 94 | $16,329 | About average | $15,226 | $93,956 |
| Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital | 30 | $16,349 | About average | $15,426 | $52,840 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | 42 | $16,350 | About average | $15,099 | $90,915 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | 139 | $16,374 | About average | $14,955 | $95,961 |
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.