Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 552
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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 251–300. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Health | 14 | $7,314 | 22% below the national average | $5,752 | $28,757 |
| Wheeling Hospital, Inc | 26 | $7,314 | 22% below the national average | $5,890 | $19,045 |
| Palm Bay Hospital | 22 | $7,315 | 22% below the national average | $5,757 | $31,223 |
| St Joseph's Hospital | 21 | $7,316 | 22% below the national average | $5,997 | $122,211 |
| AdventHealth Zephyrhills | 25 | $7,325 | 22% below the national average | $5,956 | $56,701 |
| AdventHealth Fish Memorial | 18 | $7,326 | 22% below the national average | $6,149 | $42,537 |
| The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 52 | $7,326 | 22% below the national average | $5,464 | $17,980 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | 11 | $7,326 | 22% below the national average | $5,881 | $24,400 |
| Baylor Scott And White Medical Center McKinney | 36 | $7,326 | 22% below the national average | $4,948 | $29,962 |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital | 30 | $7,327 | 22% below the national average | $5,355 | $23,450 |
| Bon Secours St Marys Hospital | 35 | $7,328 | 22% below the national average | $6,009 | $24,942 |
| Henrico Doctors' Hospital | 66 | $7,331 | 22% below the national average | $5,221 | $60,960 |
| HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital A Part Of HCA Florid | 16 | $7,333 | 22% below the national average | $5,501 | $101,084 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital | 239 | $7,341 | 22% below the national average | $5,692 | $42,690 |
| Penn Highlands Dubois | 40 | $7,341 | 22% below the national average | $5,589 | $24,965 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | 95 | $7,345 | 22% below the national average | $6,027 | $52,878 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 45 | $7,347 | 22% below the national average | $5,798 | $39,882 |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center LLC | 11 | $7,348 | 22% below the national average | $5,716 | $49,137 |
| SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison | 46 | $7,351 | 22% below the national average | $5,791 | $41,082 |
| UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi | 78 | $7,354 | 22% below the national average | $5,080 | $32,154 |
| Boulder Community Health | 36 | $7,359 | 21% below the national average | $5,838 | $64,133 |
| Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center | 20 | $7,359 | 21% below the national average | $6,217 | $30,469 |
| HSHS St Elizabeth's Hospital | 13 | $7,360 | 21% below the national average | $5,969 | $31,988 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | 80 | $7,360 | 21% below the national average | $5,981 | $40,956 |
| Anderson Hospital | 22 | $7,363 | 21% below the national average | $6,291 | $34,931 |
| UNC Health Nash | 11 | $7,368 | 21% below the national average | $6,032 | $27,187 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe | 16 | $7,369 | 21% below the national average | $5,843 | $34,162 |
| Nkc Health | 69 | $7,370 | 21% below the national average | $5,630 | $33,343 |
| FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital | 30 | $7,377 | 21% below the national average | $5,932 | $36,384 |
| St Tammany Parish Hospital | 12 | $7,381 | 21% below the national average | $4,486 | $31,579 |
| South County Hospital Inc | 23 | $7,386 | 21% below the national average | $6,108 | $24,377 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital | 85 | $7,387 | 21% below the national average | $5,369 | $36,940 |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital And Medical Center | 35 | $7,396 | 21% below the national average | $5,665 | $26,582 |
| Edward Hospital | 36 | $7,396 | 21% below the national average | $5,024 | $33,817 |
| Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital | 64 | $7,399 | 21% below the national average | $5,128 | $27,094 |
| Citizens Medical Center | 11 | $7,400 | 21% below the national average | $6,257 | $20,152 |
| Northwest Medical Center | 19 | $7,406 | 21% below the national average | $6,240 | $61,352 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw | 23 | $7,415 | 21% below the national average | $5,748 | $29,192 |
| Great Plains Health | 18 | $7,416 | 21% below the national average | $6,371 | $34,969 |
| Northwest Community Hospital 1 | 97 | $7,418 | 21% below the national average | $5,585 | $23,948 |
| HCA Florida West Hospital | 45 | $7,419 | 21% below the national average | $6,002 | $72,245 |
| Newton Medical Center | 26 | $7,424 | 21% below the national average | $6,040 | $105,572 |
| Benefis Hospitals Inc | 16 | $7,431 | 21% below the national average | $6,114 | $21,594 |
| HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center | 32 | $7,433 | 21% below the national average | $6,043 | $61,036 |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville | 34 | $7,438 | 21% below the national average | $6,265 | $30,533 |
| OSF Little Company Of Mary Medical Center | 13 | $7,443 | 21% below the national average | $5,920 | $43,403 |
| Meadville Medical Center | 14 | $7,444 | 21% below the national average | $5,581 | $20,822 |
| St David's Medical Center | 40 | $7,447 | 21% below the national average | $6,141 | $55,456 |
| Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 11 | $7,448 | 21% below the national average | $6,168 | $100,394 |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center | 18 | $7,449 | 21% below the national average | $6,129 | $23,667 |
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.