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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $15,043 per stay at 597 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $12,550 and $16,705.
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National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $15,043
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $12,550–$16,705
- Medicare’s share
- $11,906
- Average billed charge
- $94,193
- Hospitals reporting
- 597
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597 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 251–300. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis-Downtown | 12 | $13,455 | 11% below the national average | $9,106 | $83,601 |
| St Johns Hospital | 12 | $13,471 | 10% below the national average | $11,403 | $91,646 |
| OSF Little Company Of Mary Medical Center | 11 | $13,495 | 10% below the national average | $11,698 | $82,894 |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa | 14 | $13,497 | 10% below the national average | $11,865 | $49,201 |
| Ascension St John Medical Center | 13 | $13,505 | 10% below the national average | $11,271 | $57,229 |
| Kettering Health Main Campus | 13 | $13,505 | 10% below the national average | $11,073 | $94,398 |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 22 | $13,519 | 10% below the national average | $11,747 | $50,969 |
| Sanford Medical Center Bismarck | 14 | $13,522 | 10% below the national average | $9,411 | $36,738 |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center | 23 | $13,526 | 10% below the national average | $10,917 | $99,292 |
| UPMC Hanover | 11 | $13,536 | 10% below the national average | $10,819 | $60,662 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 13 | $13,566 | About average | $11,863 | $70,811 |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | 13 | $13,574 | About average | $11,768 | $227,274 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. | 13 | $13,579 | About average | $11,802 | $56,775 |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | 18 | $13,622 | About average | $12,225 | $55,951 |
| M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital | 12 | $13,626 | About average | $10,211 | $53,736 |
| Hillcrest Medical Center | 14 | $13,643 | About average | $10,472 | $160,140 |
| Sanford USDMedical Center | 38 | $13,662 | About average | $11,384 | $62,040 |
| Altru Hospital | 18 | $13,671 | About average | $11,836 | $56,308 |
| AdventHealth Palm Coast | 12 | $13,674 | About average | $12,178 | $84,760 |
| Holy Cross Hospital | 19 | $13,691 | About average | $11,769 | $102,448 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | 23 | $13,692 | About average | $11,035 | $118,999 |
| Chilton Medical Center | 12 | $13,693 | About average | $12,469 | $105,787 |
| South Miami Hospital | 13 | $13,701 | About average | $12,066 | $132,205 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare | 14 | $13,705 | About average | $11,219 | $102,929 |
| Glens Falls Hospital | 11 | $13,719 | About average | $12,384 | $47,356 |
| Dch Regional Medical Center | 13 | $13,733 | About average | $11,914 | $56,070 |
| HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center | 12 | $13,741 | About average | $10,850 | $103,409 |
| Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center | 15 | $13,747 | About average | $9,929 | $60,057 |
| Yakima Valley Memorial | 11 | $13,750 | About average | $12,249 | $44,535 |
| Sacred Heart Hospital | 11 | $13,761 | About average | $11,953 | $87,792 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 12 | $13,769 | About average | $10,817 | $264,159 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 11 | $13,783 | About average | $11,962 | $123,175 |
| Northeast Hospital Corporation | 11 | $13,788 | About average | $12,304 | $30,420 |
| Community Medical Center | 30 | $13,814 | About average | $11,869 | $85,086 |
| Duke Regional Hospital | 13 | $13,854 | About average | $12,377 | $52,679 |
| Christus Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth | 13 | $13,855 | About average | $12,351 | $89,716 |
| Carolina East Medical Center | 14 | $13,857 | About average | $12,574 | $53,078 |
| Miami Valley Hospital | 18 | $13,876 | About average | $10,456 | $85,731 |
| McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | 23 | $13,880 | About average | $9,836 | $79,033 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 38 | $13,889 | About average | $12,090 | $77,723 |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 26 | $13,929 | About average | $11,073 | $172,361 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | 43 | $13,941 | About average | $12,385 | $53,116 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc | 27 | $13,945 | About average | $10,653 | $114,029 |
| Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center | 22 | $13,961 | About average | $12,167 | $52,881 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 12 | $13,963 | About average | $10,373 | $142,651 |
| Aurora Medical Center Kenosha | 11 | $13,967 | About average | $9,541 | $63,688 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital | 13 | $13,977 | About average | $12,410 | $98,912 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend | 19 | $13,985 | About average | $12,600 | $88,600 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 96 | $14,015 | About average | $10,618 | $131,809 |
| AdventHealth Waterman | 19 | $14,020 | About average | $9,098 | $80,677 |
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 | $72K |
| 2021 | $14K | $77K |
| 2022 | $14K | $83K |
| 2023 | $15K | $87K |
| 2024 | $15K | $94K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 8 | 129 | $11,413 | $11,031–$12,144 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 166 | $11,953 | $10,917–$12,530 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 37 | $12,139 | $11,700–$12,185 |
| Arkansas | 9 | 146 | $12,258 | $11,826–$12,385 |
| Alabama | 7 | 108 | $12,311 | $11,585–$12,807 |
| Iowa | 7 | 127 | $12,532 | $11,404–$12,258 |
| Missouri | 14 | 253 | $12,777 | $11,860–$13,057 |
| Louisiana | 8 | 157 | $12,827 | $11,488–$13,663 |
| Kansas | 9 | 149 | $12,860 | $12,185–$13,579 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 80 | $12,869 | $10,725–$14,709 |
| Montana | 3 | 52 | $13,206 | $12,686–$13,579 |
| Florida | 54 | 1,181 | $13,214 | $11,913–$14,019 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 184 | $13,224 | $12,412–$13,608 |
| Utah | 1 | 19 | $13,232 | $13,232–$13,232 |
| Vermont | 1 | 14 | $13,298 | $13,298–$13,298 |
| Ohio | 17 | 303 | $13,298 | $12,107–$14,235 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 117 | $13,558 | $11,627–$14,258 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 54 | $13,570 | $13,521–$13,597 |
| Indiana | 13 | 267 | $13,659 | $12,341–$13,526 |
| Colorado | 6 | 129 | $13,696 | $12,471–$13,946 |
| Texas | 46 | 854 | $13,734 | $12,532–$14,688 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 254 | $13,765 | $12,033–$14,426 |
| Virginia | 18 | 335 | $13,895 | $12,516–$13,977 |
| Maine | 1 | 23 | $14,175 | $14,175–$14,175 |
| South Carolina | 13 | 225 | $14,209 | $11,948–$15,679 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | 170 | $14,244 | $12,527–$14,319 |
| Delaware | 3 | 73 | $14,267 | $13,512–$14,796 |
| Arizona | 18 | 321 | $14,381 | $12,661–$14,516 |
| North Carolina | 22 | 453 | $14,431 | $12,565–$15,744 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 89 | $14,455 | $13,446–$15,161 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | 375 | $14,701 | $12,951–$16,882 |
| Georgia | 14 | 213 | $14,779 | $14,071–$15,685 |
| Idaho | 4 | 81 | $14,970 | $13,591–$15,703 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 234 | $15,080 | $12,683–$15,555 |
| Michigan | 13 | 239 | $15,231 | $14,465–$15,744 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 25 | $15,255 | $13,934–$16,379 |
| Washington | 13 | 194 | $15,431 | $14,325–$16,517 |
| New Jersey | 22 | 422 | $15,431 | $14,184–$17,233 |
| Illinois | 25 | 468 | $15,721 | $13,123–$17,511 |
| Nevada | 7 | 112 | $16,349 | $15,124–$17,456 |
| Oregon | 4 | 71 | $16,882 | $15,860–$18,327 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 322 | $17,368 | $14,545–$19,371 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 26 | $17,452 | $16,193–$18,376 |
| California | 50 | 914 | $18,847 | $17,183–$19,444 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 62 | $18,872 | $18,656–$19,185 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 67 | $20,121 | $12,775–$24,926 |
| New York | 27 | 580 | $20,500 | $16,549–$21,308 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 15 | $20,575 | $20,575–$20,575 |
| Maryland | 14 | 227 | $20,781 | $18,376–$22,127 |
| Alaska | 2 | 26 | $21,086 | $20,879–$21,294 |
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.