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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $9,373 per stay at 1,284 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $7,503 and $10,232.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $9,373
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $7,503–$10,232
- Medicare’s share
- $7,114
- Average billed charge
- $50,120
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,284
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1,284 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 651–700. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MelroseWakefield Healthcare | 24 | $8,557 | About average | $6,769 | $19,616 |
| Alaska Regional Hospital | 24 | $8,557 | About average | $7,197 | $90,082 |
| McLaren Lapeer Region | 15 | $8,575 | About average | $6,418 | $24,071 |
| White Plains Hospital Center | 56 | $8,579 | About average | $7,121 | $48,986 |
| Presence Mercy Medical Center | 13 | $8,586 | About average | $7,080 | $59,530 |
| Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical | 22 | $8,587 | About average | $7,103 | $49,394 |
| United Regional Health Care System | 28 | $8,587 | About average | $6,367 | $28,774 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital | 88 | $8,591 | About average | $7,054 | $25,675 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital | 73 | $8,596 | About average | $6,639 | $47,496 |
| Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital | 89 | $8,602 | About average | $6,042 | $31,495 |
| USC Arcadia Hospital | 26 | $8,604 | About average | $7,141 | $64,136 |
| AdventHealth Tampa | 43 | $8,607 | About average | $6,058 | $45,721 |
| Baptist Medical Center South | 22 | $8,616 | About average | $7,030 | $22,650 |
| Marshfield Medical Center | 18 | $8,617 | About average | $6,980 | $19,164 |
| Mercy Health System Corp | 24 | $8,619 | About average | $5,630 | $44,915 |
| Wesley Medical Center | 113 | $8,621 | About average | $6,147 | $120,771 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | 13 | $8,622 | About average | $7,243 | $28,216 |
| Concord Hospital- Laconia | 12 | $8,625 | About average | $7,673 | $28,244 |
| Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield And Novi | 103 | $8,632 | About average | $6,832 | $23,947 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 268 | $8,638 | About average | $6,115 | $66,019 |
| Hudson Valley Hospital Center | 24 | $8,640 | About average | $7,212 | $42,860 |
| UPMC Lititz | 12 | $8,641 | About average | $6,649 | $24,078 |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway | 16 | $8,642 | About average | $7,316 | $84,014 |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | 62 | $8,649 | About average | $6,855 | $89,923 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. | 63 | $8,650 | About average | $6,729 | $40,535 |
| Rush Oak Park Hospital | 12 | $8,659 | About average | $5,863 | $29,479 |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital | 60 | $8,663 | About average | $6,725 | $113,755 |
| Lewisgale Medical Center | 58 | $8,673 | About average | $6,135 | $46,254 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 31 | $8,673 | About average | $6,655 | $62,853 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | 114 | $8,682 | About average | $6,815 | $90,471 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn | 43 | $8,684 | About average | $5,912 | $35,632 |
| St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center | 115 | $8,687 | About average | $6,824 | $54,964 |
| Dch Regional Medical Center | 26 | $8,694 | About average | $6,387 | $25,971 |
| William W Backus Hospital | 13 | $8,694 | About average | $7,282 | $40,078 |
| University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care | 31 | $8,707 | About average | $4,560 | $44,168 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | 32 | $8,709 | About average | $7,434 | $85,950 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital | 20 | $8,711 | About average | $6,386 | $46,715 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare | 36 | $8,713 | About average | $6,561 | $44,559 |
| The Hospitals Of Providence - East Campus | 13 | $8,714 | About average | $7,208 | $113,748 |
| East Jefferson General Hospital | 20 | $8,717 | About average | $6,132 | $58,358 |
| Main Line Hospital Lankenau | 31 | $8,722 | About average | $6,965 | $62,269 |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast | 47 | $8,724 | About average | $6,349 | $40,780 |
| UPMC Hamot | 52 | $8,724 | About average | $7,101 | $54,756 |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital | 17 | $8,730 | About average | $5,926 | $80,390 |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 12 | $8,740 | About average | $5,627 | $40,080 |
| Lowell General Hospital | 44 | $8,753 | About average | $6,658 | $19,275 |
| Mount Nittany Medical Center | 29 | $8,755 | About average | $7,241 | $26,090 |
| UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. | 36 | $8,756 | About average | $6,592 | $32,006 |
| Trinity Medical Center East &Trinity Medical Center West | 18 | $8,756 | About average | $6,312 | $20,808 |
| Altru Hospital | 25 | $8,766 | About average | $6,420 | $27,447 |
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 | $7,959 | $40K |
| 2021 | $8,469 | $42K |
| 2022 | $8,599 | $46K |
| 2023 | $9,001 | $47K |
| 2024 | $9,373 | $50K |
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 | 15 | 261 | $7,198 | $6,678–$7,444 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 276 | $7,405 | $6,803–$7,590 |
| Iowa | 15 | 446 | $7,532 | $6,781–$7,579 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 492 | $7,648 | $6,929–$8,342 |
| Louisiana | 13 | 336 | $7,658 | $6,700–$8,419 |
| Montana | 7 | 116 | $7,819 | $7,463–$8,038 |
| Kansas | 12 | 567 | $7,955 | $6,873–$8,028 |
| Missouri | 29 | 1,091 | $8,204 | $6,742–$8,237 |
| Ohio | 57 | 1,814 | $8,251 | $6,870–$8,914 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 300 | $8,257 | $7,136–$8,707 |
| Florida | 116 | 4,956 | $8,304 | $7,218–$8,890 |
| Indiana | 28 | 897 | $8,318 | $7,290–$8,346 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 338 | $8,356 | $7,349–$8,414 |
| Colorado | 20 | 466 | $8,431 | $7,705–$8,631 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 142 | $8,473 | $7,531–$8,811 |
| Virginia | 31 | 1,194 | $8,487 | $7,330–$8,464 |
| South Carolina | 24 | 662 | $8,491 | $7,159–$9,243 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 295 | $8,537 | $7,584–$8,830 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | 2,748 | $8,592 | $7,084–$9,175 |
| Alabama | 19 | 509 | $8,643 | $6,976–$8,231 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 322 | $8,645 | $7,478–$9,172 |
| Michigan | 42 | 1,528 | $8,667 | $7,911–$9,393 |
| Vermont | 1 | 31 | $8,707 | $8,707–$8,707 |
| Arizona | 22 | 739 | $8,733 | $7,413–$9,673 |
| Maine | 3 | 77 | $8,744 | $8,167–$8,915 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 484 | $8,798 | $7,216–$8,732 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 694 | $8,895 | $7,403–$8,898 |
| Tennessee | 26 | 808 | $8,900 | $7,224–$8,825 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 81 | $8,952 | $7,482–$10,259 |
| Idaho | 4 | 103 | $8,953 | $8,893–$9,256 |
| Texas | 83 | 2,642 | $8,978 | $7,716–$9,435 |
| Utah | 8 | 208 | $9,079 | $7,160–$9,467 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 139 | $9,101 | $8,076–$9,558 |
| North Carolina | 28 | 943 | $9,102 | $7,366–$9,191 |
| Delaware | 3 | 218 | $9,137 | $8,735–$10,572 |
| Washington | 23 | 508 | $9,217 | $8,203–$9,655 |
| Illinois | 62 | 2,172 | $9,297 | $7,563–$9,486 |
| Nevada | 13 | 468 | $9,378 | $8,495–$9,931 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | 1,673 | $9,466 | $7,936–$10,530 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 83 | $9,631 | $8,335–$10,319 |
| Alaska | 2 | 54 | $9,673 | $9,059–$10,063 |
| New Jersey | 48 | 1,949 | $9,831 | $8,208–$10,725 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 38 | $9,868 | $9,383–$10,184 |
| Oregon | 10 | 243 | $10,385 | $9,789–$11,180 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 106 | $10,417 | $10,203–$12,526 |
| Georgia | 34 | 1,003 | $10,614 | $7,765–$10,284 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 412 | $10,795 | $9,404–$10,640 |
| California | 126 | 4,008 | $11,463 | $9,954–$12,124 |
| New York | 72 | 3,118 | $12,009 | $9,136–$13,026 |
| Maryland | 30 | 1,161 | $12,869 | $10,118–$15,578 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 62 | $12,935 | $12,011–$15,135 |
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.