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Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 555

Signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with MCC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $14,367 per stay at 5 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $11,429 and $14,780.

Limited data: use with caution

Only 5 hospitals reported this in 2024 (75 stays). Medicare covers few patients for some procedures (births, for example), and CMS leaves out hospitals with fewer than 11 cases, so these figures may not represent typical costs.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$14,367
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$11,429–$14,780
Medicare’s share
$12,46587% of the payment
Average billed charge
$67,996
Hospitals reporting
575 stays

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5 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with MCC by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
AdventHealth OrlandoOrlando, FL · CCN 10000713$11,41121% below the national average$10,016$88,419
UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · CCN 39006715$11,42920% below the national average$10,142$24,340
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NY · CCN 33019513$14,729About average$12,726$80,974
Los Angeles Community HospitalLos Angeles, CA · CCN 05066320$14,780About average$13,556$32,771
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 33010114$19,33335% above the national average$15,428$134,075

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 36 stays at 3 hospitals · 2021: 66 stays at 5 hospitals · 2022: 113 stays at 7 hospitals · 2023: 78 stays at 5 hospitals · 2024: 75 stays at 5 hospitals
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National average payment and billed charge for Signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with MCC
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$13K$62K
2021$16K$48K
2022$17K$78K
2023$23K$126K
2024$14K$68K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with MCC, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Florida113$11,411$11,411–$11,411
Pennsylvania115$11,429$11,429–$11,429
California120$14,780$14,780–$14,780
New York227$17,117$15,880–$18,182

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.