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 751–800. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIH Health Hospital-Whittier | 16 | $8,697 | About average | $7,795 | $85,383 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | 80 | $8,701 | About average | $6,290 | $77,715 |
| Greenwich Hospital Association - | 15 | $8,713 | About average | $6,130 | $21,614 |
| Spectrum Health | 37 | $8,714 | About average | $6,214 | $21,002 |
| Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus | 16 | $8,716 | About average | $6,648 | $86,949 |
| Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services | 29 | $8,720 | About average | $5,580 | $68,220 |
| Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus | 31 | $8,725 | About average | $6,494 | $81,275 |
| MetroWest Medical Center | 13 | $8,738 | About average | $7,428 | $45,380 |
| Providence St Vincent Medical Center | 47 | $8,742 | About average | $6,788 | $21,302 |
| Wynn Hospital | 16 | $8,743 | About average | $6,940 | $49,483 |
| Shasta Regional Medical Center | 22 | $8,759 | About average | $7,631 | $40,054 |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 12 | $8,765 | About average | $7,798 | $80,844 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 20 | $8,770 | About average | $5,255 | $55,573 |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Cente | 43 | $8,777 | About average | $7,054 | $53,032 |
| Wellstar Spalding Medical Center | 18 | $8,780 | About average | $7,650 | $56,097 |
| St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia | 21 | $8,780 | About average | $6,189 | $29,851 |
| Memorial Hospital West | 19 | $8,781 | About average | $6,536 | $69,849 |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill | 41 | $8,785 | About average | $6,945 | $60,901 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend | 24 | $8,788 | About average | $6,738 | $40,334 |
| McLaren Greater Lansing | 16 | $8,797 | About average | $6,570 | $21,806 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 14 | $8,799 | About average | $6,245 | $30,008 |
| Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital | 34 | $8,800 | About average | $6,016 | $43,569 |
| University Of Michigan Health - West | 19 | $8,801 | About average | $5,844 | $31,563 |
| Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 43 | $8,813 | About average | $6,394 | $43,149 |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | 40 | $8,816 | About average | $6,819 | $124,933 |
| Asante Three Rivers Medical Center | 17 | $8,819 | About average | $6,004 | $31,381 |
| Southern Ohio Medical Center | 18 | $8,824 | About average | $6,182 | $32,155 |
| Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital | 11 | $8,833 | About average | $5,019 | $59,204 |
| Lewisgale Medical Center | 58 | $8,834 | About average | $5,688 | $65,455 |
| UPMC Hamot | 17 | $8,836 | About average | $6,170 | $65,257 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 54 | $8,839 | About average | $6,985 | $34,892 |
| French Hospital Medical Center | 12 | $8,841 | About average | $7,209 | $71,667 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 45 | $8,844 | About average | $6,485 | $52,163 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 38 | $8,849 | About average | $6,823 | $134,678 |
| Anmed Health | 13 | $8,851 | About average | $6,579 | $39,341 |
| Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato | 28 | $8,851 | About average | $5,654 | $30,773 |
| St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 13 | $8,852 | About average | $6,519 | $64,572 |
| North Memorial Health Hospital | 17 | $8,857 | About average | $5,114 | $30,961 |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | 48 | $8,860 | About average | $6,659 | $68,077 |
| Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital | 13 | $8,860 | About average | $5,373 | $37,776 |
| Carilion Medical Center | 75 | $8,867 | About average | $5,854 | $39,642 |
| UCLA West Valley Medical Center | 11 | $8,870 | About average | $7,831 | $169,443 |
| Huntington Hospital | 33 | $8,871 | About average | $6,511 | $61,839 |
| Trident Medical Center | 45 | $8,879 | About average | $5,568 | $100,059 |
| MedStar Harbor Hospital | 21 | $8,879 | About average | $7,636 | $9,845 |
| University Of Missouri Health Care | 17 | $8,891 | About average | $7,038 | $40,978 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital | 45 | $8,899 | About average | $6,133 | $33,169 |
| Long Island Community Hospital | 35 | $8,904 | About average | $7,420 | $95,473 |
| Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital | 21 | $8,904 | About average | $7,408 | $100,799 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | 11 | $8,919 | About average | $5,088 | $69,726 |
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 | $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.