Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 281
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with CC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $8,829 per stay at 1,239 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $7,217 and $9,657.
Also known as: Heart attack
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $8,829
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $7,217–$9,657
- Medicare’s share
- $6,649
- Average billed charge
- $51,411
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,239
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1,239 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 701–750. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Hospital Of Miami | 17 | $8,554 | About average | $6,311 | $61,710 |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | 38 | $8,554 | About average | $6,573 | $46,818 |
| Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery | 35 | $8,556 | About average | $5,877 | $43,637 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 22 | $8,556 | About average | $6,899 | $33,583 |
| Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center | 17 | $8,558 | About average | $6,872 | $54,773 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 29 | $8,563 | About average | $6,791 | $45,935 |
| Christus Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth | 25 | $8,566 | About average | $7,521 | $38,888 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 175 | $8,568 | About average | $5,972 | $73,313 |
| Doctors Hosptal At Renaissance | 12 | $8,578 | About average | $6,546 | $36,786 |
| SSM Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City | 21 | $8,579 | About average | $5,703 | $46,643 |
| Duke Regional Hospital | 20 | $8,580 | About average | $6,668 | $30,055 |
| Medical City Fort Worth | 21 | $8,583 | About average | $6,269 | $88,147 |
| CHI St Luke's Health Brazosport | 11 | $8,585 | About average | $7,398 | $52,803 |
| AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 37 | $8,587 | About average | $7,282 | $53,414 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | 16 | $8,587 | About average | $5,110 | $33,590 |
| Ascension Seton Hays | 12 | $8,588 | About average | $6,152 | $90,235 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake | 14 | $8,590 | About average | $6,295 | $103,842 |
| Landmark Medical Center | 20 | $8,591 | About average | $7,332 | $43,918 |
| Conway Medical Center | 14 | $8,598 | About average | $5,880 | $42,272 |
| St Josephs Hospital | 67 | $8,600 | About average | $6,497 | $50,431 |
| Trios Health | 38 | $8,601 | About average | $6,549 | $40,562 |
| Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca | 14 | $8,605 | About average | $6,974 | $21,403 |
| Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center | 29 | $8,608 | About average | $7,369 | $32,189 |
| Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital | 19 | $8,610 | About average | $5,928 | $46,870 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | 24 | $8,618 | About average | $5,905 | $35,452 |
| Adventist Health Portland | 17 | $8,618 | About average | $6,040 | $40,930 |
| HCA Florida Citrus Hospital | 36 | $8,623 | About average | $6,327 | $119,000 |
| Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo | 30 | $8,629 | About average | $6,545 | $24,591 |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center | 43 | $8,629 | About average | $5,926 | $46,930 |
| Exeter Hospital Inc | 14 | $8,631 | About average | $7,348 | $41,335 |
| Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital | 15 | $8,642 | About average | $6,586 | $80,149 |
| Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital | 19 | $8,646 | About average | $7,298 | $36,110 |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center | 11 | $8,650 | About average | $7,463 | $71,348 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | 54 | $8,652 | About average | $6,535 | $139,784 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | 22 | $8,653 | About average | $7,173 | $107,985 |
| HSHS St Elizabeth's Hospital | 30 | $8,655 | About average | $5,603 | $34,813 |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center | 12 | $8,657 | About average | $7,650 | $37,974 |
| Mercy Health Saint Mary's | 19 | $8,658 | About average | $6,725 | $20,915 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center | 34 | $8,660 | About average | $6,561 | $50,511 |
| North Shore Medical Center - | 40 | $8,662 | About average | $7,353 | $36,655 |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital | 14 | $8,671 | About average | $6,832 | $35,515 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 32 | $8,671 | About average | $6,327 | $95,926 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | 24 | $8,673 | About average | $5,458 | $45,425 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center | 24 | $8,675 | About average | $7,114 | $53,323 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | 35 | $8,684 | About average | $6,754 | $100,934 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | 19 | $8,687 | About average | $6,817 | $38,035 |
| Evergreenhealth Medical Center | 12 | $8,688 | About average | $5,105 | $47,949 |
| Northern Nevada Medical Center | 12 | $8,691 | About average | $7,331 | $93,336 |
| Medical City Denton | 24 | $8,696 | About average | $6,461 | $138,967 |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 32 | $8,696 | About average | $6,118 | $82,841 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
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| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $8,097 | $41K |
| 2021 | $8,264 | $44K |
| 2022 | $8,307 | $46K |
| 2023 | $8,501 | $49K |
| 2024 | $8,829 | $51K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 19 | 417 | $6,797 | $6,527–$7,220 |
| Louisiana | 16 | 417 | $6,834 | $6,414–$7,297 |
| Mississippi | 12 | 204 | $6,882 | $6,690–$7,142 |
| Iowa | 15 | 359 | $7,069 | $6,608–$7,058 |
| Kentucky | 21 | 460 | $7,132 | $6,687–$7,540 |
| Montana | 6 | 140 | $7,333 | $7,064–$7,506 |
| Kansas | 14 | 306 | $7,532 | $6,584–$8,309 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 465 | $7,579 | $6,730–$7,832 |
| Vermont | 3 | 82 | $7,597 | $6,290–$8,600 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 104 | $7,650 | $6,514–$7,789 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 206 | $7,679 | $7,514–$7,625 |
| Missouri | 22 | 397 | $7,689 | $6,759–$7,682 |
| Indiana | 28 | 608 | $7,720 | $7,218–$7,905 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 361 | $7,766 | $6,667–$7,747 |
| Tennessee | 30 | 834 | $7,785 | $6,971–$8,334 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 145 | $7,796 | $6,512–$7,987 |
| Alabama | 15 | 383 | $7,870 | $6,715–$8,974 |
| Ohio | 56 | 1,175 | $7,878 | $6,609–$8,493 |
| Virginia | 39 | 1,234 | $7,963 | $7,074–$8,144 |
| Florida | 103 | 3,140 | $8,002 | $6,994–$8,717 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 174 | $8,111 | $7,043–$8,752 |
| Arizona | 26 | 650 | $8,248 | $7,325–$9,083 |
| Idaho | 8 | 161 | $8,294 | $7,619–$9,124 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 469 | $8,317 | $6,942–$8,452 |
| Texas | 84 | 1,872 | $8,347 | $7,427–$8,938 |
| Pennsylvania | 54 | 1,086 | $8,368 | $6,838–$9,279 |
| Michigan | 43 | 1,048 | $8,374 | $7,829–$8,747 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 559 | $8,425 | $7,068–$9,041 |
| Minnesota | 16 | 426 | $8,513 | $7,255–$8,853 |
| Georgia | 42 | 873 | $8,667 | $7,774–$9,395 |
| Washington | 31 | 823 | $8,675 | $8,077–$8,951 |
| Utah | 5 | 122 | $8,713 | $8,039–$10,098 |
| Illinois | 49 | 1,063 | $8,776 | $7,259–$9,583 |
| North Carolina | 37 | 843 | $8,848 | $7,291–$8,580 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 253 | $8,928 | $7,239–$8,519 |
| Nevada | 12 | 267 | $8,937 | $8,543–$9,300 |
| Maine | 7 | 220 | $8,949 | $8,023–$9,083 |
| Delaware | 4 | 113 | $8,984 | $7,971–$9,905 |
| New Jersey | 36 | 1,017 | $9,236 | $7,891–$10,299 |
| Massachusetts | 30 | 1,018 | $9,332 | $7,746–$10,293 |
| Colorado | 9 | 179 | $9,382 | $7,707–$10,444 |
| Oregon | 17 | 425 | $9,695 | $8,819–$10,409 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 134 | $9,743 | $9,217–$9,690 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 45 | $9,818 | $9,226–$10,667 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 274 | $10,431 | $9,551–$10,521 |
| Alaska | 3 | 60 | $10,580 | $8,687–$12,237 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 72 | $10,708 | $9,577–$10,811 |
| California | 108 | 2,387 | $11,074 | $9,541–$11,353 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 58 | $11,088 | $11,088–$11,088 |
| Maryland | 29 | 782 | $12,001 | $9,915–$12,620 |
| New York | 64 | 1,721 | $12,253 | $8,839–$12,555 |
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.