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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 301–350. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center | 14 | $14,036 | About average | $11,624 | $94,067 |
| Reston Hospital Center | 14 | $14,054 | About average | $9,146 | $143,231 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center | 16 | $14,069 | About average | $10,653 | $82,491 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Waxahachie | 16 | $14,109 | About average | $9,873 | $61,911 |
| West Kendall Baptist Hospital | 11 | $14,125 | About average | $12,623 | $125,470 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 15 | $14,146 | About average | $11,924 | $61,126 |
| Lowell General Hospital | 12 | $14,151 | About average | $12,655 | $31,294 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville | 56 | $14,167 | About average | $10,687 | $102,344 |
| Valley Hospital | 40 | $14,168 | About average | $12,804 | $83,629 |
| Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 23 | $14,175 | About average | $11,959 | $56,294 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | 19 | $14,176 | About average | $9,345 | $86,697 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 13 | $14,197 | About average | $12,660 | $130,726 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 13 | $14,197 | About average | $12,099 | $83,681 |
| UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals | 19 | $14,199 | About average | $11,091 | $50,710 |
| Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus | 12 | $14,201 | About average | $12,705 | $141,438 |
| Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital | 31 | $14,204 | About average | $12,518 | $73,738 |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center | 15 | $14,212 | About average | $12,801 | $107,273 |
| Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus | 17 | $14,224 | About average | $12,768 | $190,650 |
| University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro | 12 | $14,232 | About average | $12,619 | $93,919 |
| Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus | 16 | $14,234 | About average | $12,694 | $78,669 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | 40 | $14,235 | About average | $11,278 | $88,042 |
| Billings Clinic Hospital | 17 | $14,236 | About average | $10,898 | $32,624 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | 14 | $14,250 | About average | $12,600 | $92,633 |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center | 13 | $14,253 | About average | $12,218 | $83,790 |
| Baptist Beaumont Hospital | 12 | $14,309 | About average | $11,825 | $87,214 |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center | 19 | $14,319 | About average | $11,945 | $99,053 |
| Valley Medical Center | 11 | $14,325 | About average | $12,671 | $102,373 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | 11 | $14,348 | About average | $10,368 | $83,331 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 29 | $14,354 | About average | $9,232 | $84,138 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | 13 | $14,373 | About average | $10,405 | $94,245 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 17 | $14,385 | About average | $11,984 | $57,086 |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center | 15 | $14,388 | About average | $10,004 | $101,384 |
| Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield And Novi | 11 | $14,465 | About average | $12,367 | $59,347 |
| Milford Regional Medical Center | 11 | $14,487 | About average | $12,743 | $21,212 |
| Medical City Plano | 12 | $14,494 | About average | $10,110 | $220,210 |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital | 25 | $14,525 | About average | $10,768 | $55,418 |
| Regional West Medical Center | 12 | $14,552 | About average | $13,124 | $81,524 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth | 12 | $14,565 | About average | $11,445 | $45,805 |
| Bsa Hospital | 31 | $14,570 | About average | $9,681 | $78,895 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | 17 | $14,604 | About average | $11,131 | $67,070 |
| Trinity Health Oakland Hospital | 14 | $14,665 | About average | $12,472 | $65,567 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | 15 | $14,687 | About average | $8,960 | $76,981 |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange | 16 | $14,711 | About average | $10,396 | $62,121 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth | 26 | $14,727 | About average | $10,744 | $86,239 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 17 | $14,738 | About average | $12,263 | $95,801 |
| WakeMed, Raleigh Campus | 22 | $14,739 | About average | $11,953 | $66,161 |
| Munson Medical Center | 22 | $14,741 | About average | $12,346 | $44,593 |
| St Josephs Hospital | 27 | $14,776 | About average | $10,779 | $90,045 |
| Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital | 27 | $14,811 | About average | $10,811 | $67,975 |
| Morton Plant Hospital | 23 | $14,823 | About average | $9,982 | $79,294 |
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.