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
Hospitals in Florida
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 116 hospitals
- $8,304
- Median hospital
- $8,002
- Lowest to highest
- $6,274–$15,700
- Medicare stays
- 4,956
116 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice | 60 | $6,274 | 33% below the national average | $5,022 | $39,690 |
| West Boca Medical Center | 15 | $6,301 | 33% below the national average | $4,858 | $83,623 |
| Viera Hospital | 16 | $6,302 | 33% below the national average | $4,772 | $28,778 |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital | 15 | $6,324 | 33% below the national average | $4,692 | $93,573 |
| Lakewood Ranch Medical Center | 28 | $6,325 | 33% below the national average | $4,522 | $79,264 |
| The Villages Regional Hospital | 15 | $6,392 | 32% below the national average | $5,088 | $28,315 |
| HCA Florida South Shore Hospital | 22 | $6,402 | 32% below the national average | $5,291 | $105,035 |
| HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital | 48 | $6,411 | 32% below the national average | $4,883 | $128,586 |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital | 110 | $6,420 | 32% below the national average | $4,759 | $32,252 |
| Delray Medical Center | 97 | $6,534 | 30% below the national average | $4,749 | $103,579 |
| Jupiter Medical Center | 45 | $6,577 | 30% below the national average | $5,177 | $25,170 |
| UF Health Leesburg Hospital | 17 | $6,684 | 29% below the national average | $5,436 | $34,878 |
| Mease Countryside Hospital | 53 | $6,718 | 28% below the national average | $5,364 | $34,624 |
| AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway | 18 | $6,736 | 28% below the national average | $4,122 | $36,660 |
| Baptist Medical Center Beaches | 12 | $6,759 | 28% below the national average | $5,399 | $45,652 |
| Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center | 25 | $6,768 | 28% below the national average | $4,799 | $92,803 |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge | 81 | $6,771 | 28% below the national average | $5,027 | $73,723 |
| Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital | 13 | $6,773 | 28% below the national average | $5,643 | $51,132 |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital | 22 | $6,835 | 27% below the national average | $5,258 | $82,762 |
| Tampa General Hospital Crystal River | 15 | $6,936 | 26% below the national average | $5,522 | $65,220 |
| AdventHealth Port Charlotte | 20 | $6,945 | 26% below the national average | $5,721 | $61,640 |
| AdventHealth Waterman | 64 | $6,981 | 26% below the national average | $5,758 | $43,694 |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center | 21 | $7,009 | 25% below the national average | $5,532 | $89,437 |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital | 38 | $7,084 | 24% below the national average | $5,593 | $28,452 |
| Orlando Health South Lake Hospital | 50 | $7,096 | 24% below the national average | $5,702 | $61,120 |
| AdventHealth Daytona Beach | 56 | $7,100 | 24% below the national average | $5,788 | $35,708 |
| AdventHealth Ocala | 27 | $7,130 | 24% below the national average | $5,443 | $37,794 |
| Mease Dunedin Hospital | 13 | $7,182 | 23% below the national average | $6,052 | $32,527 |
| Naples Community Hospital | 123 | $7,190 | 23% below the national average | $5,764 | $48,209 |
| Cape Coral Hospital | 41 | $7,227 | 23% below the national average | $5,979 | $40,281 |
| AdventHealth North Pinellas | 11 | $7,238 | 23% below the national average | $6,200 | $51,207 |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health | 109 | $7,240 | 23% below the national average | $5,141 | $47,848 |
| AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach | 13 | $7,307 | 22% below the national average | $6,178 | $30,262 |
| Palm Bay Hospital | 22 | $7,315 | 22% below the national average | $5,757 | $31,223 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | 80 | $7,360 | 21% below the national average | $5,981 | $40,956 |
| HCA Florida West Hospital | 45 | $7,419 | 21% below the national average | $6,002 | $72,245 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital | 45 | $7,470 | 20% below the national average | $5,926 | $40,069 |
| AdventHealth Deland | 21 | $7,501 | 20% below the national average | $6,259 | $39,976 |
| Wellington Regional Medical Center | 21 | $7,591 | 19% below the national average | $5,590 | $92,288 |
| Flagler Hospital | 12 | $7,758 | 17% below the national average | $6,534 | $31,726 |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital | 27 | $7,770 | 17% below the national average | $5,776 | $91,102 |
| Holy Cross Hospital | 32 | $7,778 | 17% below the national average | $5,986 | $33,800 |
| St Lucie Medical Center | 50 | $7,791 | 17% below the national average | $6,057 | $78,289 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | 29 | $7,812 | 17% below the national average | $6,180 | $57,292 |
| St Anthonys Hospital | 39 | $7,820 | 17% below the national average | $6,516 | $37,841 |
| Oviedo Medical Center | 12 | $7,835 | 16% below the national average | $6,203 | $82,342 |
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.