Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 603

Cellulitis without MCC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $8,642 per stay at 1,685 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $6,986 and $9,383.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $8,642
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $6,986–$9,383
Medicare’s share: $6,44675% of the payment
Average billed charge: $37,743
Hospitals reporting: 1,68554,310 stays

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1,685 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 551–600. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Cellulitis without MCC by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Riverview HealthNoblesville, IN · CCN 150059	17	$7,261	16% below the national average	$5,782	$19,855
The Medical Center (Bowling Green)Bowling Green, KY · CCN 180013	17	$7,262	16% below the national average	$5,302	$32,017
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson, MO · CCN 260094	11	$7,263	16% below the national average	$5,701	$25,169
Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · CCN 300012	43	$7,267	16% below the national average	$5,838	$22,599
Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420104	25	$7,267	16% below the national average	$3,310	$22,775
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD · CCN 430005	12	$7,268	16% below the national average	$6,180	$12,610
OSF Little Company Of Mary Medical CenterEvergreen Park, IL · CCN 140179	19	$7,268	16% below the national average	$6,015	$25,526
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee, WA · CCN 500016	19	$7,269	16% below the national average	$5,994	$20,820
St Catherine Of Siena HospitalSmithtown, NY · CCN 330401	68	$7,270	16% below the national average	$6,094	$46,003
Gulf Breeze HospitalGulf Breeze, FL · CCN 100266	16	$7,271	16% below the national average	$5,945	$31,971
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins, CO · CCN 060010	24	$7,271	16% below the national average	$5,796	$35,129
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At HamiltonHamilton, NJ · CCN 310110	33	$7,271	16% below the national average	$5,237	$57,377
Banner Gateway Medical CenterGilbert, AZ · CCN 030122	25	$7,271	16% below the national average	$5,902	$34,900
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City, IN · CCN 150015	16	$7,274	16% below the national average	$5,175	$25,196
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester, MI · CCN 230254	28	$7,278	16% below the national average	$5,452	$19,280
Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterGilbert, AZ · CCN 030119	64	$7,281	16% below the national average	$5,489	$53,333
Augusta HealthFishersville, VA · CCN 490018	38	$7,283	16% below the national average	$5,197	$15,675
St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor, WA · CCN 500151	11	$7,283	16% below the national average	$5,651	$52,840
Beebe Medical CenterLewes, DE · CCN 080007	71	$7,285	16% below the national average	$5,596	$26,971
Ascension Sacred Heart BayPanama City, FL · CCN 100026	14	$7,285	16% below the national average	$6,120	$25,896
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · CCN 340064	13	$7,287	16% below the national average	$6,409	$25,673
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA · CCN 390036	16	$7,289	16% below the national average	$5,949	$11,195
Good Samaritan Regional Health CenterMount Vernon, IL · CCN 140046	29	$7,289	16% below the national average	$4,771	$21,252
Ingalls Memorial HospitalHarvey, IL · CCN 140191	17	$7,291	16% below the national average	$5,818	$26,724
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110177	18	$7,292	16% below the national average	$4,863	$37,461
UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390102	24	$7,293	16% below the national average	$5,223	$33,346
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · CCN 310011	40	$7,293	16% below the national average	$5,635	$38,436
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township, MI · CCN 230277	11	$7,295	16% below the national average	$5,188	$27,729
HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical CenterScottsdale, AZ · CCN 030038	56	$7,295	16% below the national average	$5,504	$38,087
Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · CCN 320022	18	$7,302	15% below the national average	$5,853	$17,277
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · CCN 260183	16	$7,303	15% below the national average	$5,877	$35,592
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood, CO · CCN 060015	16	$7,305	15% below the national average	$6,130	$50,768
Alton Memorial HospitalAlton, IL · CCN 140002	26	$7,305	15% below the national average	$5,926	$24,484
Bethesda Hospital EastBoynton Beach, FL · CCN 100002	113	$7,307	15% below the national average	$5,759	$41,500
Tucson Medical CenterTucson, AZ · CCN 030006	78	$7,309	15% below the national average	$6,048	$30,959
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford, VA · CCN 490140	33	$7,311	15% below the national average	$5,870	$19,303
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax, VA · CCN 490101	39	$7,315	15% below the national average	$5,100	$18,530
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News, VA · CCN 490052	37	$7,316	15% below the national average	$5,143	$19,799
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth, MA · CCN 220100	190	$7,320	15% below the national average	$5,689	$11,861
Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas, TX · CCN 450723	15	$7,320	15% below the national average	$6,224	$31,359
Memorial Hospital Of South BendSouth Bend, IN · CCN 150058	33	$7,320	15% below the national average	$5,776	$28,533
MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · CCN 160064	21	$7,322	15% below the national average	$5,781	$26,993
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · CCN 490050	38	$7,325	15% below the national average	$5,335	$18,940
St Elizabeth FlorenceFlorence, KY · CCN 180045	24	$7,326	15% below the national average	$3,925	$16,577
Baystate Noble HospitalWestfield, MA · CCN 220065	35	$7,329	15% below the national average	$5,672	$9,686
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie, IN · CCN 150089	36	$7,331	15% below the national average	$5,567	$31,824
UPMC HanoverHanover, PA · CCN 390233	25	$7,331	15% below the national average	$5,588	$26,599
UPMC MemorialYork, PA · CCN 390101	23	$7,333	15% below the national average	$4,427	$27,557
Capital Medical CenterOlympia, WA · CCN 500139	15	$7,335	15% below the national average	$5,920	$37,598
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey, MI · CCN 230105	15	$7,336	15% below the national average	$6,248	$21,247

National trend

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

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 57,764 stays at 1,855 hospitals · 2021: 54,019 stays at 1,765 hospitals · 2022: 50,046 stays at 1,665 hospitals · 2023: 55,702 stays at 1,722 hospitals · 2024: 54,310 stays at 1,685 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Cellulitis without MCC
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$7,298	$30K
2021	$7,607	$32K
2022	$7,831	$35K
2023	$8,295	$36K
2024	$8,642	$38K

By state, 2024

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

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Average payment by state for Cellulitis without MCC, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	128	$6,548	$4,997–$7,504
Arkansas	20	436	$6,659	$6,261–$6,777
Kentucky	22	655	$6,856	$6,368–$7,310
Louisiana	20	629	$6,869	$5,882–$6,999
Iowa	16	425	$6,926	$6,322–$7,123
Mississippi	17	384	$7,065	$6,264–$7,704
West Virginia	16	485	$7,100	$6,494–$7,704
Kansas	14	396	$7,144	$6,387–$7,580
Montana	5	111	$7,297	$7,051–$7,516
Missouri	42	1,265	$7,424	$6,658–$7,757
Alabama	32	691	$7,433	$6,666–$7,464
North Dakota	5	128	$7,443	$7,029–$7,722
Indiana	43	1,109	$7,444	$6,970–$7,625
Tennessee	34	889	$7,489	$6,317–$7,627
Ohio	74	2,088	$7,519	$6,565–$8,263
Oklahoma	23	481	$7,583	$6,695–$7,792
Nebraska	12	270	$7,672	$6,182–$8,526
Florida	130	5,320	$7,685	$6,820–$8,385
Colorado	18	349	$7,729	$6,936–$8,152
Wisconsin	30	688	$7,732	$6,637–$7,965
Virginia	47	1,461	$7,741	$6,775–$7,878
Pennsylvania	94	2,982	$7,774	$6,654–$8,484
Michigan	47	1,509	$7,843	$7,231–$8,327
South Carolina	30	799	$7,908	$6,959–$8,335
Idaho	4	96	$7,939	$7,348–$8,864
South Dakota	6	223	$8,002	$7,497–$8,132
New Hampshire	12	333	$8,007	$7,050–$8,599
Minnesota	26	679	$8,157	$7,047–$8,216
Delaware	6	354	$8,249	$7,825–$8,817
Arizona	40	1,272	$8,350	$7,012–$9,287
New Mexico	10	201	$8,364	$7,101–$10,600
North Carolina	49	1,699	$8,382	$7,053–$8,279
Texas	108	2,984	$8,473	$7,104–$8,828
Illinois	71	2,779	$8,527	$7,112–$9,232
Maine	9	175	$8,546	$8,013–$9,313
Nevada	13	340	$8,583	$7,905–$8,799
Massachusetts	47	2,262	$8,680	$7,410–$9,767
Georgia	44	1,011	$8,706	$7,282–$9,256
New Jersey	53	2,759	$8,849	$7,769–$10,420
Rhode Island	7	181	$8,870	$7,332–$9,795
Washington	30	732	$9,004	$7,748–$9,328
District of Columbia	5	111	$9,257	$8,289–$11,292
Oregon	16	413	$9,321	$8,228–$9,766
Utah	3	70	$9,437	$8,224–$10,205
Connecticut	23	797	$9,767	$8,729–$10,316
Wyoming	4	77	$10,490	$10,038–$11,653
California	154	4,904	$10,797	$9,245–$11,237
New York	98	4,194	$11,117	$8,358–$12,297
Maryland	36	1,654	$11,173	$9,558–$13,521
Hawaii	7	200	$11,279	$10,302–$11,462
Alaska	7	132	$12,048	$9,996–$14,055

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.