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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 1,201–1,250. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Memorial Hospital | 29 | $13,301 | 42% above the national average | $10,052 | $24,698 |
| Temple University Hospital | 24 | $13,342 | 42% above the national average | $9,803 | $118,763 |
| Lenox Hill Hospital | 39 | $13,423 | 43% above the national average | $9,681 | $64,596 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | 29 | $13,469 | 44% above the national average | $8,700 | $108,643 |
| Emory University Hospital | 24 | $13,539 | 44% above the national average | $7,699 | $41,258 |
| OHSU Hospital And Clinics | 22 | $13,548 | 45% above the national average | $9,402 | $51,663 |
| Temecula Valley Hospital | 16 | $13,555 | 45% above the national average | $9,687 | $98,810 |
| Copley Memorial Hospital | 17 | $13,578 | 45% above the national average | $5,312 | $53,244 |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital | 18 | $13,608 | 45% above the national average | $10,183 | $55,117 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral Health | 47 | $13,723 | 46% above the national average | $7,629 | $44,554 |
| MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | 14 | $13,725 | 46% above the national average | $9,616 | $45,149 |
| USA Health University Hospital | 29 | $13,750 | 47% above the national average | $6,455 | $23,530 |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital | 25 | $13,771 | 47% above the national average | $9,201 | $32,400 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 146 | $13,859 | 48% above the national average | $9,846 | $170,720 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | 35 | $13,897 | 48% above the national average | $9,406 | $72,858 |
| Mount Sinai Beth Israel | 35 | $13,963 | 49% above the national average | $9,920 | $99,410 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 59 | $14,052 | 50% above the national average | $7,522 | $62,973 |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital | 63 | $14,112 | 51% above the national average | $9,540 | $45,573 |
| Riverside University Health System-Medical Center | 23 | $14,135 | 51% above the national average | $12,913 | $100,030 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital | 41 | $14,135 | 51% above the national average | $8,276 | $36,859 |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals | 197 | $14,255 | 52% above the national average | $10,548 | $101,333 |
| Mount Sinai West | 61 | $14,256 | 52% above the national average | $10,121 | $87,314 |
| Duke University Hospital | 32 | $14,282 | 52% above the national average | $7,891 | $36,716 |
| Rush University Medical Center | 45 | $14,315 | 53% above the national average | $9,815 | $28,096 |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital | 58 | $14,340 | 53% above the national average | $8,754 | $102,224 |
| Loyola University Medical Center | 34 | $14,399 | 54% above the national average | $9,211 | $50,312 |
| UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital | 14 | $14,512 | 55% above the national average | $12,472 | $81,783 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital | 211 | $14,519 | 55% above the national average | $10,301 | $91,924 |
| University Of Illinois Hospital And Clinics | 12 | $14,597 | 56% above the national average | $10,761 | $41,310 |
| Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | 34 | $14,615 | 56% above the national average | $13,183 | $16,620 |
| Hennepin County Medical Center | 24 | $14,636 | 56% above the national average | $10,201 | $43,874 |
| Medical College Of Virginia Hospitals | 34 | $14,665 | 56% above the national average | $7,956 | $53,586 |
| UNC Hospitals | 19 | $14,939 | 59% above the national average | $9,780 | $32,092 |
| Wellstar Cobb Medical Center | 20 | $14,978 | 60% above the national average | $7,730 | $64,721 |
| Brookdale Hospital Medical Center | 16 | $15,165 | 62% above the national average | $11,576 | $34,010 |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center | 17 | $15,229 | 62% above the national average | $11,993 | $93,824 |
| Uci Health-Orange | 23 | $15,322 | 63% above the national average | $12,679 | $94,529 |
| Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago Heights | 19 | $15,362 | 64% above the national average | $7,669 | $53,306 |
| Keck Hospital Of USC | 12 | $15,469 | 65% above the national average | $10,293 | $57,297 |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus | 19 | $15,565 | 66% above the national average | $11,099 | $58,586 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | 70 | $15,601 | 66% above the national average | $10,265 | $92,784 |
| Jackson Health System | 20 | $15,700 | 68% above the national average | $13,227 | $40,736 |
| Nassau University Medical Center | 24 | $15,784 | 68% above the national average | $11,444 | $65,982 |
| Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical Col | 12 | $15,834 | 69% above the national average | $10,537 | $56,084 |
| UMD Upper Chesapeake Medical Center | 65 | $15,899 | 70% above the national average | $14,118 | $17,864 |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical Center | 15 | $15,968 | 70% above the national average | $13,734 | $66,756 |
| Stanford Health Care | 67 | $16,017 | 71% above the national average | $12,479 | $148,493 |
| University Of Virginia Medical Center | 47 | $16,161 | 72% above the national average | $8,962 | $51,128 |
| University Of Alabama Hospital | 49 | $16,166 | 72% above the national average | $7,133 | $72,299 |
| MedStar Union Memorial Hospital | 28 | $16,237 | 73% above the national average | $14,622 | $18,288 |
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.