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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
Compare hospitals
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1,284 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 701–750. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 11 | $8,768 | About average | $5,824 | $42,845 |
| Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital Milwaukee | 17 | $8,769 | About average | $6,910 | $37,618 |
| Holy Cross Germantown Hospital | 12 | $8,779 | About average | $7,283 | $9,870 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | 69 | $8,788 | About average | $5,791 | $44,342 |
| Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital | 14 | $8,790 | About average | $5,202 | $23,276 |
| Suburban Hospital | 74 | $8,794 | About average | $7,258 | $9,796 |
| Mount Carmel East & West | 37 | $8,795 | About average | $5,984 | $43,107 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | 276 | $8,798 | About average | $6,511 | $55,519 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | 67 | $8,802 | About average | $6,855 | $40,448 |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center | 26 | $8,803 | About average | $7,294 | $33,087 |
| Medical City Fort Worth | 31 | $8,807 | About average | $6,548 | $60,641 |
| Henry Ford Allegiance Health | 49 | $8,812 | About average | $6,956 | $40,296 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | 16 | $8,816 | About average | $7,592 | $21,477 |
| St Joseph's Hospital Health Center | 17 | $8,818 | About average | $7,017 | $25,864 |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 32 | $8,825 | About average | $6,657 | $37,294 |
| North Shore Medical Center - | 68 | $8,826 | About average | $7,056 | $23,480 |
| St Peters Health | 17 | $8,832 | About average | $6,412 | $31,825 |
| UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospitals | 30 | $8,849 | About average | $6,951 | $22,575 |
| Holy Name Medical Center | 48 | $8,852 | About average | $7,281 | $30,861 |
| Murray-Calloway County Hospital | 13 | $8,859 | About average | $5,776 | $28,644 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 12 | $8,861 | About average | $7,245 | $35,922 |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital | 50 | $8,869 | About average | $6,281 | $96,413 |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital | 30 | $8,872 | About average | $6,177 | $129,431 |
| Baptist Hospital Of Miami | 49 | $8,873 | About average | $7,291 | $54,357 |
| Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital | 23 | $8,879 | About average | $6,803 | $24,158 |
| St Luke's The Woodlands Hospital | 21 | $8,879 | About average | $7,152 | $75,946 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center | 11 | $8,888 | About average | $7,153 | $20,548 |
| Elliot Hospital | 28 | $8,899 | About average | $6,231 | $31,194 |
| Summa Health System | 32 | $8,914 | About average | $6,786 | $39,069 |
| Henderson Hospital | 34 | $8,921 | About average | $6,697 | $99,282 |
| Tri-City Medical Center | 12 | $8,925 | About average | $7,688 | $40,857 |
| Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital | 18 | $8,935 | About average | $7,575 | $94,835 |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center | 30 | $8,937 | About average | $6,733 | $42,746 |
| Halifax Health Medical Center | 56 | $8,941 | About average | $7,206 | $42,630 |
| Central Florida Lake Monroe Hospital | 19 | $8,942 | About average | $7,103 | $99,803 |
| Ocean Medical Center | 27 | $8,943 | About average | $7,042 | $64,525 |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo | 75 | $8,948 | About average | $6,131 | $27,870 |
| St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia | 77 | $8,954 | About average | $6,795 | $33,285 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 72 | $8,955 | About average | $7,166 | $128,106 |
| Medical City Denton | 68 | $8,966 | About average | $6,593 | $94,281 |
| HCA Florida Lake City Hospital | 12 | $8,968 | About average | $7,608 | $76,254 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | 23 | $8,969 | About average | $7,218 | $36,018 |
| Greenwich Hospital Association - | 23 | $8,976 | About average | $6,937 | $32,436 |
| Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital | 18 | $8,978 | About average | $7,890 | $70,043 |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 14 | $8,980 | About average | $7,568 | $61,894 |
| Jefferson Health- Northeast | 61 | $8,980 | About average | $6,426 | $30,796 |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center | 17 | $8,982 | About average | $7,404 | $27,963 |
| Carle Health Methodist Hospital | 20 | $8,989 | About average | $6,108 | $40,107 |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston Hospital | 105 | $8,991 | About average | $6,802 | $31,923 |
| United Memorial Medical Center | 11 | $8,992 | About average | $7,447 | $15,399 |
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.