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
- $6,446
- Average billed charge
- $37,743
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,685
Compare hospitals
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1,685 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 751–800. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital | 13 | $7,689 | 11% below the national average | $6,337 | $31,250 |
| HSHS St Elizabeth's Hospital | 43 | $7,689 | 11% below the national average | $5,477 | $34,420 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 28 | $7,690 | 11% below the national average | $5,751 | $73,439 |
| Methodist Hospital | 83 | $7,690 | 11% below the national average | $5,451 | $46,041 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | 106 | $7,691 | 11% below the national average | $6,094 | $18,408 |
| Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center | 21 | $7,692 | 11% below the national average | $5,713 | $124,073 |
| Marion Communtiy Hospital | 83 | $7,696 | 11% below the national average | $5,944 | $66,352 |
| Mission Regional Medical Center | 15 | $7,699 | 11% below the national average | $6,611 | $26,776 |
| Aultman Hospital | 23 | $7,700 | 11% below the national average | $4,859 | $22,905 |
| Grand Itasca Clinic And Hospital | 11 | $7,701 | 11% below the national average | $6,217 | $24,651 |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast | 63 | $7,701 | 11% below the national average | $5,810 | $32,303 |
| McLaren Lapeer Region | 15 | $7,701 | 11% below the national average | $6,940 | $24,479 |
| Merit Health Wesley | 11 | $7,704 | 11% below the national average | $5,982 | $60,907 |
| Doctors Hospital | 19 | $7,704 | 11% below the national average | $4,889 | $41,587 |
| Stormont Vail Hospital | 42 | $7,704 | 11% below the national average | $4,322 | $30,304 |
| Lowell General Hospital | 54 | $7,705 | 11% below the national average | $6,104 | $15,837 |
| Concord Hospital | 46 | $7,709 | 11% below the national average | $5,969 | $25,316 |
| Billings Clinic Hospital | 24 | $7,709 | 11% below the national average | $5,729 | $14,395 |
| Grand Lake Health System | 15 | $7,710 | 11% below the national average | $6,296 | $15,818 |
| Missouri Delta Medical Center | 11 | $7,714 | 11% below the national average | $6,521 | $36,843 |
| Medical City Denton | 32 | $7,716 | 11% below the national average | $6,367 | $68,680 |
| Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center | 67 | $7,716 | 11% below the national average | $5,888 | $8,422 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | 52 | $7,718 | 11% below the national average | $6,004 | $27,021 |
| Hunt Regional Medical Center | 16 | $7,721 | 11% below the national average | $5,955 | $21,724 |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center | 32 | $7,721 | 11% below the national average | $5,547 | $26,317 |
| Altru Hospital | 31 | $7,722 | 11% below the national average | $5,879 | $24,650 |
| Parkview Medical Center, Inc | 31 | $7,724 | 11% below the national average | $5,952 | $49,234 |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center | 23 | $7,728 | 11% below the national average | $6,305 | $35,759 |
| St Lucie Medical Center | 37 | $7,729 | 11% below the national average | $5,521 | $76,299 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 30 | $7,734 | 11% below the national average | $6,156 | $14,914 |
| Auburn Community Hospital | 28 | $7,734 | 11% below the national average | $6,335 | $14,335 |
| Wesley Medical Center | 30 | $7,740 | 10% below the national average | $5,736 | $89,004 |
| St. Vincent's East | 18 | $7,741 | 10% below the national average | $5,747 | $18,393 |
| Reading Hospital | 86 | $7,741 | 10% below the national average | $6,240 | $30,656 |
| Grays Harbor Community Hospital | 11 | $7,742 | 10% below the national average | $6,261 | $34,886 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare | 23 | $7,744 | 10% below the national average | $6,343 | $43,830 |
| Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital | 20 | $7,749 | 10% below the national average | $5,034 | $20,279 |
| Lutheran Hospital Of Indiana | 11 | $7,749 | 10% below the national average | $4,911 | $38,227 |
| Ascension St John Medical Center | 31 | $7,749 | 10% below the national average | $6,109 | $17,743 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center | 78 | $7,751 | 10% below the national average | $6,137 | $34,044 |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital | 36 | $7,757 | 10% below the national average | $5,844 | $9,767 |
| Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed | 21 | $7,757 | 10% below the national average | $6,746 | $15,359 |
| OSF Saint Elizabeth Mdl Center | 21 | $7,759 | 10% below the national average | $5,636 | $22,810 |
| UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital | 15 | $7,759 | 10% below the national average | $6,127 | $14,895 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville | 128 | $7,763 | 10% below the national average | $5,601 | $47,396 |
| Soin Medical Center | 25 | $7,764 | 10% below the national average | $5,424 | $32,578 |
| Evergreenhealth Medical Center | 31 | $7,765 | 10% below the national average | $5,612 | $32,340 |
| St Joseph Hospital | 88 | $7,767 | 10% below the national average | $6,069 | $41,984 |
| University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro | 56 | $7,769 | 10% below the national average | $6,118 | $38,916 |
| Trident Medical Center | 18 | $7,771 | 10% below the national average | $5,693 | $68,746 |
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 | $7,298 | $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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| 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.