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
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1,685 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1,001–1,050. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asante Three Rivers Medical Center | 24 | $8,274 | About average | $6,160 | $38,186 |
| Atrium Health Lincoln | 24 | $8,279 | About average | $6,987 | $24,759 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 11 | $8,281 | About average | $6,503 | $20,881 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | 50 | $8,284 | About average | $5,499 | $26,181 |
| Saratoga Hospital | 43 | $8,287 | About average | $6,045 | $32,940 |
| United Medical Center | 15 | $8,289 | About average | $6,984 | $38,796 |
| Mount Nittany Medical Center | 38 | $8,292 | About average | $6,256 | $25,223 |
| Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center | 35 | $8,292 | About average | $7,033 | $31,456 |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital | 25 | $8,292 | About average | $6,373 | $61,084 |
| SSM Health St Clare Hospital - Baraboo | 20 | $8,294 | About average | $6,356 | $33,166 |
| Bon Secours Community Hospital | 13 | $8,309 | About average | $6,802 | $88,454 |
| St David's South Austin Medical Center | 24 | $8,310 | About average | $6,122 | $50,811 |
| UNC Health Care Wayne | 14 | $8,310 | About average | $5,647 | $19,169 |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center | 27 | $8,315 | About average | $7,046 | $52,499 |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 68 | $8,317 | About average | $6,112 | $41,180 |
| Trinity Health Oakland Hospital | 46 | $8,318 | About average | $5,971 | $23,676 |
| Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | 27 | $8,324 | About average | $6,719 | $41,444 |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 31 | $8,326 | About average | $6,073 | $62,388 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford | 41 | $8,337 | About average | $5,563 | $30,810 |
| ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital | 12 | $8,337 | About average | $6,149 | $18,790 |
| Piedmont Medical Center | 29 | $8,338 | About average | $5,186 | $59,464 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,The | 24 | $8,345 | About average | $6,977 | $112,088 |
| United Memorial Medical Center | 12 | $8,348 | About average | $7,086 | $15,498 |
| Christian Hospital Northeast | 29 | $8,350 | About average | $6,587 | $34,881 |
| MelroseWakefield Healthcare | 34 | $8,353 | About average | $5,311 | $11,416 |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital | 12 | $8,354 | About average | $5,717 | $21,090 |
| St Joseph's Hospital Health Center | 38 | $8,355 | About average | $6,506 | $20,057 |
| North Shore Medical Center | 11 | $8,358 | About average | $7,022 | $55,019 |
| Dch Regional Medical Center | 30 | $8,365 | About average | $5,648 | $20,479 |
| Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital | 13 | $8,365 | About average | $5,674 | $23,022 |
| Crouse Hospital | 48 | $8,366 | About average | $5,966 | $18,612 |
| Trinity Medical Center East &Trinity Medical Center West | 11 | $8,371 | About average | $5,169 | $21,924 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 35 | $8,373 | About average | $6,604 | $27,987 |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos | 21 | $8,381 | About average | $6,829 | $99,264 |
| Summa Health System | 49 | $8,386 | About average | $6,015 | $39,827 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake | 28 | $8,388 | About average | $5,718 | $61,082 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 95 | $8,388 | About average | $6,082 | $23,475 |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc | 15 | $8,394 | About average | $5,390 | $30,336 |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital | 27 | $8,394 | About average | $5,898 | $71,703 |
| Palomar Health Downtown Campus | 39 | $8,398 | About average | $6,929 | $67,263 |
| Hurley Medical Center | 26 | $8,401 | About average | $6,582 | $19,054 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 95 | $8,402 | About average | $6,942 | $71,633 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | 62 | $8,413 | About average | $5,463 | $28,690 |
| UPMC Hamot | 20 | $8,415 | About average | $6,419 | $59,961 |
| Uci Health - Placentia Linda | 11 | $8,423 | About average | $6,887 | $127,658 |
| Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital | 13 | $8,424 | About average | $7,296 | $18,842 |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc | 17 | $8,428 | About average | $6,736 | $28,130 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc | 133 | $8,430 | About average | $7,042 | $9,116 |
| McLaren Greater Lansing | 27 | $8,430 | About average | $6,093 | $25,286 |
| East Jefferson General Hospital | 42 | $8,439 | About average | $5,468 | $40,287 |
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.
Show all 51 states
| 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.