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
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.
1,685 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 351–400. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahs Hospital Corp | 48 | $6,829 | 21% below the national average | $5,641 | $78,367 |
| Iredell Memorial Hospital Inc | 20 | $6,832 | 21% below the national average | $4,629 | $22,902 |
| Wheeling Hospital, Inc | 42 | $6,832 | 21% below the national average | $4,571 | $16,456 |
| SSM St Joseph Health Center | 15 | $6,833 | 21% below the national average | $5,418 | $14,876 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe | 32 | $6,837 | 21% below the national average | $5,312 | $22,685 |
| St Peters Health | 23 | $6,837 | 21% below the national average | $5,567 | $20,001 |
| HCA Florida West Hospital | 36 | $6,841 | 21% below the national average | $5,176 | $52,121 |
| Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers | 19 | $6,842 | 21% below the national average | $5,811 | $38,832 |
| Aspirus Wausau Hospital | 11 | $6,843 | 21% below the national average | $4,657 | $20,928 |
| Ascension St Vincent's Clay County | 22 | $6,847 | 21% below the national average | $5,099 | $28,954 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus | 29 | $6,852 | 21% below the national average | $5,384 | $56,480 |
| St David's Medical Center | 35 | $6,857 | 21% below the national average | $5,303 | $47,937 |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center | 30 | $6,859 | 21% below the national average | $5,621 | $20,811 |
| Texoma Medical Center | 29 | $6,860 | 21% below the national average | $5,707 | $61,051 |
| Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita | 12 | $6,861 | 21% below the national average | $5,773 | $39,943 |
| Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 | 26 | $6,865 | 21% below the national average | $5,587 | $38,606 |
| FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital | 86 | $6,869 | 21% below the national average | $5,506 | $36,235 |
| Emerson Hospital - | 31 | $6,871 | 20% below the national average | $5,258 | $14,391 |
| Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 48 | $6,872 | 20% below the national average | $5,217 | $84,749 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 21 | $6,873 | 20% below the national average | $5,701 | $22,390 |
| Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc | 19 | $6,876 | 20% below the national average | $4,375 | $15,329 |
| Lancaster General Hospital | 61 | $6,877 | 20% below the national average | $5,471 | $28,228 |
| Memorial Hospital | 57 | $6,878 | 20% below the national average | $5,178 | $30,924 |
| UCHealth Greeley Hospital | 12 | $6,879 | 20% below the national average | $5,519 | $31,335 |
| HCA Florida Putnam Hospital | 13 | $6,884 | 20% below the national average | $5,275 | $42,231 |
| Johnston Health | 36 | $6,886 | 20% below the national average | $5,356 | $25,519 |
| Reston Hospital Center | 23 | $6,887 | 20% below the national average | $5,448 | $44,178 |
| Silver Cross Hospital And Medical Centers | 82 | $6,888 | 20% below the national average | $4,838 | $14,121 |
| Bsa Hospital | 40 | $6,889 | 20% below the national average | $5,661 | $44,313 |
| Lee's Summit Medical Center | 14 | $6,891 | 20% below the national average | $3,625 | $48,504 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | 26 | $6,893 | 20% below the national average | $5,221 | $18,715 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton | 41 | $6,899 | 20% below the national average | $5,745 | $8,653 |
| Northwest Health - Porter | 34 | $6,904 | 20% below the national average | $4,587 | $44,070 |
| Christus St Michael Health System | 38 | $6,912 | 20% below the national average | $5,498 | $39,883 |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas | 29 | $6,912 | 20% below the national average | $5,191 | $29,108 |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin | 31 | $6,914 | 20% below the national average | $5,527 | $26,262 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital | 166 | $6,918 | 20% below the national average | $5,406 | $35,649 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham | 42 | $6,918 | 20% below the national average | $5,481 | $10,283 |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson | 28 | $6,922 | 20% below the national average | $5,393 | $24,524 |
| Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital | 12 | $6,928 | 20% below the national average | $5,675 | $51,273 |
| M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital | 34 | $6,928 | 20% below the national average | $5,178 | $30,411 |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore, Inc | 12 | $6,929 | 20% below the national average | $5,841 | $19,522 |
| Orlando Health South Lake Hospital | 46 | $6,931 | 20% below the national average | $5,485 | $61,015 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | 12 | $6,933 | 20% below the national average | $5,063 | $25,000 |
| Fmol Health St Francis | 28 | $6,935 | 20% below the national average | $4,412 | $30,144 |
| Blount Memorial Hospital | 21 | $6,937 | 20% below the national average | $4,721 | $20,835 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | 47 | $6,938 | 20% below the national average | $5,497 | $46,482 |
| The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 64 | $6,939 | 20% below the national average | $5,171 | $18,162 |
| AdventHealth Ocala | 81 | $6,945 | 20% below the national average | $5,300 | $44,350 |
| Regional Hospital Of Scranton | 21 | $6,948 | 20% below the national average | $4,835 | $39,309 |
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.