Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 417 · Surgery or procedure
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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $21,203 per stay at 259 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $17,508 and $23,559.
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National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $21,203
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $17,508–$23,559
- Medicare’s share
- $17,873
- Average billed charge
- $128,966
- Hospitals reporting
- 259
Compare hospitals
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259 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 201–250. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Cod Hospital | 12 | $24,220 | 14% above the national average | $22,974 | $57,273 |
| Morristown Medical Center | 16 | $24,280 | 15% above the national average | $19,551 | $111,782 |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley | 11 | $24,289 | 15% above the national average | $22,768 | $280,974 |
| St Michael Medical Center | 14 | $24,351 | 15% above the national average | $22,523 | $146,697 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 11 | $24,446 | 15% above the national average | $15,746 | $107,598 |
| Frederick Health Hospital | 11 | $24,508 | 16% above the national average | $23,173 | $27,228 |
| The Queens Medical Center | 15 | $24,515 | 16% above the national average | $20,162 | $105,138 |
| St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center | 14 | $24,562 | 16% above the national average | $17,911 | $183,500 |
| Mountainview Hospital | 15 | $24,586 | 16% above the national average | $22,254 | $230,721 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | 25 | $24,627 | 16% above the national average | $15,914 | $269,796 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | 25 | $24,709 | 17% above the national average | $19,921 | $148,735 |
| Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center | 14 | $24,743 | 17% above the national average | $23,251 | $92,359 |
| Lewisgale Medical Center | 20 | $24,900 | 17% above the national average | $15,098 | $214,302 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center | 11 | $24,925 | 18% above the national average | $21,327 | $150,884 |
| Albany Medical Center Hospital | 13 | $25,188 | 19% above the national average | $22,980 | $61,360 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | 16 | $25,194 | 19% above the national average | $20,692 | $147,092 |
| Baystate Medical Center | 22 | $25,392 | 20% above the national average | $21,447 | $45,575 |
| Glendale Adventist Medical Center | 13 | $25,431 | 20% above the national average | $22,467 | $158,335 |
| CJW Medical Center | 20 | $25,718 | 21% above the national average | $13,271 | $317,453 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 15 | $25,749 | 21% above the national average | $24,335 | $425,133 |
| Lancaster General Hospital | 14 | $25,945 | 22% above the national average | $14,495 | $103,909 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | 20 | $26,054 | 23% above the national average | $23,927 | $137,849 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 14 | $26,113 | 23% above the national average | $23,684 | $101,816 |
| Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical | 12 | $26,146 | 23% above the national average | $18,740 | $97,564 |
| Ohio State University State Health System | 11 | $26,230 | 24% above the national average | $22,001 | $127,693 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center | 16 | $26,284 | 24% above the national average | $21,290 | $102,025 |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center | 11 | $26,288 | 24% above the national average | $24,292 | $96,413 |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital | 12 | $26,305 | 24% above the national average | $24,892 | $145,851 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital | 17 | $26,615 | 26% above the national average | $18,248 | $81,860 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 16 | $26,688 | 26% above the national average | $14,736 | $115,264 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | 12 | $26,726 | 26% above the national average | $23,570 | $91,189 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | 12 | $26,970 | 27% above the national average | $24,173 | $249,722 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc | 11 | $27,040 | 28% above the national average | $26,002 | $29,164 |
| Saint Agnes Medical Center | 11 | $27,159 | 28% above the national average | $25,546 | $124,553 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 17 | $27,275 | 29% above the national average | $18,978 | $127,605 |
| Indiana University Health | 11 | $27,627 | 30% above the national average | $22,898 | $134,046 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 11 | $27,661 | 30% above the national average | $25,997 | $440,061 |
| Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital | 12 | $28,088 | 32% above the national average | $25,816 | $90,930 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester | 28 | $28,102 | 33% above the national average | $23,125 | $78,908 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 15 | $28,135 | 33% above the national average | $24,871 | $101,571 |
| University Of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center | 12 | $28,151 | 33% above the national average | $26,791 | $31,739 |
| Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center | 13 | $28,445 | 34% above the national average | $20,370 | $322,375 |
| Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center | 13 | $28,928 | 36% above the national average | $19,263 | $96,827 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 18 | $28,949 | 37% above the national average | $25,799 | $227,596 |
| Hartford Hospital | 12 | $29,236 | 38% above the national average | $21,205 | $114,743 |
| Grossmont Hospital | 18 | $30,187 | 42% above the national average | $21,222 | $204,035 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus | 13 | $30,681 | 45% above the national average | $25,047 | $328,545 |
| Flagstaff Medical Center | 22 | $30,945 | 46% above the national average | $27,617 | $67,183 |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals | 44 | $31,310 | 48% above the national average | $27,031 | $227,110 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 17 | $31,395 | 48% above the national average | $25,646 | $224,875 |
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 | $20K | $104K |
| 2021 | $20K | $110K |
| 2022 | $21K | $116K |
| 2023 | $21K | $124K |
| 2024 | $21K | $129K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 45 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2 | 29 | $15,790 | $15,623–$15,936 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 50 | $15,905 | $15,313–$16,354 |
| Missouri | 7 | 89 | $17,028 | $15,924–$17,019 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 26 | $17,565 | $17,235–$17,808 |
| Utah | 1 | 13 | $17,605 | $17,605–$17,605 |
| Iowa | 4 | 51 | $17,741 | $16,441–$18,549 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 103 | $17,807 | $16,708–$18,162 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 55 | $17,866 | $16,796–$18,323 |
| Florida | 21 | 383 | $18,166 | $16,196–$19,262 |
| Montana | 1 | 11 | $18,433 | $18,433–$18,433 |
| Idaho | 2 | 29 | $18,451 | $18,034–$19,087 |
| Indiana | 7 | 125 | $18,568 | $16,356–$19,269 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 57 | $18,724 | $16,227–$21,919 |
| Ohio | 10 | 159 | $18,909 | $17,147–$20,271 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 23 | $19,065 | $18,855–$19,241 |
| Texas | 23 | 388 | $19,229 | $17,231–$20,646 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 138 | $19,525 | $18,070–$20,469 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 120 | $19,572 | $17,025–$19,946 |
| Colorado | 3 | 42 | $19,609 | $17,308–$20,696 |
| Alabama | 3 | 53 | $19,863 | $18,268–$21,563 |
| Michigan | 5 | 67 | $20,118 | $19,185–$20,665 |
| Illinois | 11 | 163 | $20,127 | $17,497–$20,314 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 58 | $20,137 | $18,720–$21,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 63 | $20,197 | $16,865–$20,700 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 42 | $20,586 | $19,922–$21,328 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 58 | $20,752 | $17,975–$22,661 |
| Delaware | 1 | 15 | $20,919 | $20,919–$20,919 |
| Virginia | 8 | 140 | $20,965 | $18,314–$23,315 |
| Arizona | 10 | 153 | $21,152 | $18,004–$19,962 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 122 | $21,673 | $17,716–$23,494 |
| Nevada | 4 | 56 | $22,016 | $21,117–$22,110 |
| Georgia | 3 | 66 | $22,319 | $20,186–$23,708 |
| New Jersey | 11 | 195 | $22,573 | $21,255–$23,907 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 42 | $22,784 | $21,805–$24,357 |
| Kansas | 3 | 42 | $22,929 | $17,134–$24,745 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 68 | $24,230 | $23,116–$26,078 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 15 | $24,515 | $24,515–$24,515 |
| Washington | 5 | 70 | $24,935 | $22,970–$24,446 |
| Oregon | 2 | 37 | $25,523 | $24,991–$27,616 |
| Maine | 1 | 14 | $26,113 | $26,113–$26,113 |
| Maryland | 3 | 34 | $26,613 | $25,774–$27,596 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 12 | $26,726 | $26,726–$26,726 |
| California | 27 | 428 | $26,760 | $22,959–$27,802 |
| New York | 11 | 200 | $28,962 | $23,037–$31,354 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 12 | $29,236 | $29,236–$29,236 |
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.