Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 280
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $14,805 per stay at 1,825 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $11,737 and $15,868.
Also known as: Heart attack
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $14,805
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $11,737–$15,868
- Medicare’s share
- $12,400
- Average billed charge
- $76,887
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,825
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1,825 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1,001–1,050. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 56 | $13,667 | About average | $12,064 | $44,457 |
| Franciscan Health Lafayette | 81 | $13,672 | About average | $10,235 | $64,957 |
| Huntington Hospital | 47 | $13,682 | About average | $12,211 | $101,903 |
| Abrazo West Campus | 47 | $13,684 | About average | $12,312 | $106,105 |
| United Regional Health Care System | 84 | $13,691 | About average | $11,775 | $40,368 |
| Carroll Hospital Center | 25 | $13,691 | About average | $12,289 | $15,397 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | 68 | $13,694 | About average | $11,112 | $55,271 |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | 19 | $13,701 | About average | $9,562 | $64,848 |
| Whittier Hospital Medical Center | 11 | $13,704 | About average | $12,962 | $64,933 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway | 43 | $13,711 | About average | $10,794 | $100,420 |
| St Joseph Hospital | 34 | $13,713 | About average | $12,364 | $37,020 |
| Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital | 68 | $13,720 | About average | $11,358 | $45,098 |
| UPMC Hamot | 49 | $13,728 | About average | $12,234 | $109,838 |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 28 | $13,733 | About average | $12,224 | $90,961 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | 46 | $13,733 | About average | $12,201 | $105,281 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | 94 | $13,736 | About average | $11,423 | $63,594 |
| Holyoke Medical Center | 13 | $13,741 | About average | $12,611 | $11,208 |
| Halifax Health Medical Center | 29 | $13,742 | About average | $12,270 | $56,660 |
| Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital | 27 | $13,760 | About average | $12,374 | $56,766 |
| Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc | 12 | $13,761 | About average | $10,938 | $30,602 |
| Oswego Hospital | 23 | $13,762 | About average | $12,698 | $17,538 |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital | 73 | $13,769 | About average | $11,692 | $176,992 |
| Community First Medical Center | 27 | $13,772 | About average | $10,328 | $55,321 |
| UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals | 25 | $13,772 | About average | $11,047 | $49,841 |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center | 13 | $13,804 | About average | $9,655 | $81,252 |
| Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus | 39 | $13,811 | About average | $12,647 | $53,868 |
| MetroHealth System | 79 | $13,811 | About average | $10,002 | $55,685 |
| WakeMed, Raleigh Campus | 29 | $13,813 | About average | $12,307 | $45,405 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | 22 | $13,816 | About average | $9,278 | $100,327 |
| Broward Health North | 11 | $13,830 | About average | $12,143 | $61,971 |
| Yakima Valley Memorial | 69 | $13,835 | About average | $11,637 | $56,555 |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | 64 | $13,843 | About average | $11,581 | $64,107 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | 14 | $13,845 | About average | $11,921 | $58,931 |
| Tri-City Medical Center | 25 | $13,845 | About average | $12,850 | $84,216 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 98 | $13,851 | About average | $10,183 | $63,070 |
| Ascension All Saints Hospital | 30 | $13,853 | About average | $11,010 | $47,229 |
| Auburn Community Hospital | 19 | $13,860 | About average | $12,743 | $28,049 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 43 | $13,860 | About average | $11,932 | $78,982 |
| El Centro Regional Medical Center | 22 | $13,862 | About average | $12,898 | $35,047 |
| Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield And Novi | 124 | $13,868 | About average | $12,174 | $49,028 |
| Community Medical Center | 99 | $13,876 | About average | $11,774 | $107,310 |
| Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital | 34 | $13,877 | About average | $11,438 | $37,204 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | 34 | $13,877 | About average | $11,337 | $81,818 |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center | 60 | $13,879 | About average | $12,618 | $69,926 |
| Adventist Health Lodi Memorial | 41 | $13,881 | About average | $12,886 | $134,277 |
| Allina United Hospital | 33 | $13,886 | About average | $12,742 | $77,263 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 98 | $13,893 | About average | $11,621 | $177,675 |
| East Jefferson General Hospital | 35 | $13,896 | About average | $10,637 | $85,567 |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital | 49 | $13,898 | About average | $11,691 | $158,566 |
| Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital | 32 | $13,907 | About average | $10,525 | $39,774 |
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 | $13K | $63K |
| 2021 | $14K | $67K |
| 2022 | $14K | $69K |
| 2023 | $14K | $74K |
| 2024 | $15K | $77K |
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 | 5 | 223 | $10,677 | $8,295–$11,837 |
| Mississippi | 19 | 607 | $11,096 | $10,658–$11,701 |
| Arkansas | 23 | 934 | $11,254 | $10,581–$11,774 |
| Kentucky | 30 | 1,220 | $11,823 | $10,476–$12,637 |
| Iowa | 21 | 947 | $11,845 | $10,886–$12,125 |
| Louisiana | 29 | 1,174 | $11,909 | $10,774–$13,174 |
| Oklahoma | 27 | 1,186 | $12,222 | $11,180–$12,419 |
| Alabama | 29 | 1,185 | $12,384 | $10,443–$12,200 |
| Montana | 6 | 185 | $12,484 | $11,967–$12,655 |
| West Virginia | 18 | 919 | $12,519 | $10,825–$13,027 |
| South Carolina | 27 | 1,323 | $12,628 | $10,908–$13,820 |
| Tennessee | 41 | 2,320 | $12,650 | $10,919–$12,665 |
| Indiana | 41 | 1,786 | $12,686 | $11,775–$13,093 |
| Kansas | 19 | 801 | $12,710 | $10,931–$13,038 |
| Florida | 140 | 8,319 | $12,774 | $11,260–$13,764 |
| Nebraska | 16 | 452 | $12,777 | $10,651–$14,024 |
| Missouri | 41 | 1,092 | $13,016 | $11,190–$14,581 |
| Ohio | 70 | 2,599 | $13,133 | $11,009–$13,682 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 331 | $13,158 | $11,597–$13,717 |
| Virginia | 49 | 3,225 | $13,210 | $11,590–$13,204 |
| Texas | 141 | 6,587 | $13,454 | $11,788–$14,097 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 559 | $13,476 | $12,736–$13,830 |
| Idaho | 9 | 362 | $13,508 | $12,623–$14,757 |
| Colorado | 24 | 525 | $13,568 | $12,178–$14,634 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 371 | $13,638 | $11,542–$15,242 |
| North Carolina | 50 | 1,812 | $13,815 | $11,526–$13,643 |
| Delaware | 5 | 228 | $13,857 | $12,165–$14,826 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | 2,244 | $13,951 | $11,385–$14,725 |
| Michigan | 53 | 3,161 | $13,959 | $13,176–$14,612 |
| Arizona | 39 | 1,491 | $13,959 | $12,049–$15,220 |
| Georgia | 56 | 2,479 | $13,981 | $12,137–$15,687 |
| Wisconsin | 36 | 1,191 | $14,175 | $11,373–$14,045 |
| Utah | 9 | 272 | $14,252 | $11,284–$15,651 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 934 | $14,460 | $12,800–$14,972 |
| Washington | 38 | 2,082 | $14,497 | $13,522–$14,904 |
| Maine | 6 | 427 | $14,641 | $12,953–$15,983 |
| Illinois | 85 | 3,591 | $14,681 | $11,841–$15,103 |
| Nevada | 16 | 868 | $14,757 | $13,834–$16,087 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 584 | $14,941 | $11,972–$14,354 |
| New Jersey | 53 | 2,761 | $15,279 | $12,687–$17,965 |
| Oregon | 24 | 1,062 | $15,998 | $13,562–$16,711 |
| Massachusetts | 42 | 2,859 | $16,102 | $12,706–$17,619 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 85 | $17,079 | $16,367–$17,895 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 304 | $17,333 | $13,538–$18,221 |
| Connecticut | 18 | 764 | $18,222 | $14,518–$17,244 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 342 | $18,428 | $17,208–$19,177 |
| California | 185 | 8,077 | $19,115 | $15,831–$19,502 |
| Alaska | 6 | 170 | $19,352 | $18,428–$23,430 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 322 | $20,409 | $19,725–$22,517 |
| New York | 89 | 4,786 | $21,304 | $14,482–$23,261 |
| Maryland | 38 | 1,713 | $21,676 | $14,797–$24,258 |
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.