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
Compare hospitals
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1,239 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 801–850. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions Hospital | 16 | $8,922 | About average | $6,414 | $32,979 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | 13 | $8,922 | About average | $7,299 | $38,357 |
| Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | 12 | $8,923 | About average | $5,861 | $71,558 |
| Enloe Health | 32 | $8,926 | About average | $7,600 | $136,820 |
| Saint John's Health Center | 29 | $8,935 | About average | $7,376 | $48,899 |
| Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall | 11 | $8,936 | About average | $7,308 | $81,878 |
| Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood | 12 | $8,936 | About average | $5,473 | $50,852 |
| Covenant Medical Center | 18 | $8,942 | About average | $5,470 | $91,366 |
| Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital | 11 | $8,946 | About average | $7,610 | $29,005 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | 28 | $8,952 | About average | $7,362 | $76,638 |
| Winter Haven Hospital | 14 | $8,954 | About average | $5,767 | $48,495 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 19 | $8,958 | About average | $7,567 | $40,872 |
| Adventist Health Castle | 21 | $8,960 | About average | $7,795 | $36,093 |
| Crozer Chester Medical Center | 11 | $8,969 | About average | $7,096 | $66,063 |
| Swedish Hospital | 16 | $8,980 | About average | $7,286 | $50,961 |
| Brigham And Women Faulkner Hospital | 12 | $8,982 | About average | $7,355 | $28,448 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | 11 | $8,992 | About average | $6,875 | $40,181 |
| AdventHealth Deland | 11 | $8,993 | About average | $5,231 | $37,950 |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital | 26 | $8,996 | About average | $6,498 | $132,097 |
| AdventHealth Tampa | 37 | $8,999 | About average | $5,778 | $55,170 |
| Skagit Valley Hospital | 39 | $9,003 | About average | $6,609 | $38,326 |
| Caromont Regional Medical Center | 17 | $9,006 | About average | $4,644 | $47,740 |
| WakeMed, Raleigh Campus | 21 | $9,016 | About average | $7,022 | $43,251 |
| St Joseph Regional Medical Center | 18 | $9,026 | About average | $7,575 | $37,823 |
| Henry Ford Allegiance Health | 30 | $9,031 | About average | $6,450 | $47,466 |
| Tri-City Medical Center | 20 | $9,033 | About average | $7,081 | $40,267 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 34 | $9,037 | About average | $6,224 | $42,405 |
| Renown Regional Medical Center | 52 | $9,040 | About average | $7,393 | $39,334 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center | 14 | $9,048 | About average | $7,729 | $46,781 |
| Adventist Health Bakersfield | 34 | $9,048 | About average | $7,750 | $54,550 |
| Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | 25 | $9,054 | About average | $6,155 | $31,210 |
| Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center | 16 | $9,060 | About average | $7,630 | $57,885 |
| Javon Bea Hospital | 11 | $9,073 | About average | $6,708 | $60,165 |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital | 19 | $9,077 | About average | $7,474 | $84,679 |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital | 23 | $9,079 | About average | $5,444 | $99,776 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 17 | $9,083 | About average | $7,834 | $70,143 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 28 | $9,084 | About average | $7,422 | $81,828 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center | 30 | $9,090 | About average | $7,139 | $77,394 |
| Valley View Hospital Association | 14 | $9,091 | About average | $7,459 | $41,870 |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital | 39 | $9,095 | About average | $6,386 | $106,481 |
| Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus | 19 | $9,099 | About average | $7,121 | $32,573 |
| Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital | 25 | $9,112 | About average | $7,260 | $18,997 |
| Laredo Medical Center | 11 | $9,115 | About average | $7,543 | $79,595 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital | 14 | $9,147 | About average | $7,706 | $57,876 |
| Wellstar Douglas Medical Center | 12 | $9,150 | About average | $8,122 | $66,092 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 15 | $9,155 | About average | $7,661 | $53,964 |
| University Of Kentucky Hospital | 19 | $9,160 | About average | $5,476 | $40,952 |
| Adventist Health Lodi Memorial | 13 | $9,168 | About average | $7,507 | $85,892 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe | 14 | $9,168 | About average | $7,923 | $125,094 |
| Suburban Hospital | 24 | $9,184 | About average | $7,735 | $10,243 |
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.