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

Hospitals in Pennsylvania

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Average payment across these 94 hospitals: $7,774National $8,642 · Pennsylvania $7,774
Median hospital: $7,480
Lowest to highest: $5,836–$13,016
Medicare stays: 2,982

94 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. 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
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390228	17	$5,836	32% below the national average	$4,588	$16,275
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · CCN 390037	22	$5,867	32% below the national average	$4,383	$10,847
Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA · CCN 390013	27	$5,893	32% below the national average	$4,563	$43,821
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills, PA · CCN 390265	25	$5,915	32% below the national average	$4,675	$33,267
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390107	39	$6,033	30% below the national average	$4,174	$37,428
Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford, PA · CCN 390334	15	$6,039	30% below the national average	$4,200	$22,768
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale, PA · CCN 390012	36	$6,113	29% below the national average	$4,160	$25,808
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville, PA · CCN 390113	11	$6,261	28% below the national average	$5,042	$16,491
UPMC NorthwestSeneca, PA · CCN 390091	12	$6,320	27% below the national average	$5,085	$20,704
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · CCN 390222	42	$6,320	27% below the national average	$4,883	$52,240
Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · CCN 390153	60	$6,330	27% below the national average	$4,681	$48,147
Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela, PA · CCN 390147	12	$6,345	27% below the national average	$4,559	$14,891
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · CCN 390203	71	$6,387	26% below the national average	$4,771	$18,727
Pottstown HospitalPottstown, PA · CCN 390123	33	$6,391	26% below the national average	$5,106	$40,876
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · CCN 390335	20	$6,419	26% below the national average	$4,457	$48,840
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton, PA · CCN 390185	19	$6,430	26% below the national average	$4,848	$35,040
Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy, PA · CCN 390337	11	$6,477	25% below the national average	$4,848	$23,187
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville, PA · CCN 390057	33	$6,478	25% below the national average	$4,780	$31,712
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana, PA · CCN 390173	15	$6,478	25% below the national average	$5,168	$23,499
UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · CCN 390328	19	$6,491	25% below the national average	$5,193	$40,377
Uniontown HospitalUniontown, PA · CCN 390041	18	$6,512	25% below the national average	$4,649	$11,815
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler, PA · CCN 390168	16	$6,581	24% below the national average	$5,255	$15,322
Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA · CCN 390332	19	$6,594	24% below the national average	$4,594	$37,730
Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · CCN 390179	76	$6,646	23% below the national average	$5,212	$33,635
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre, PA · CCN 390137	38	$6,680	23% below the national average	$4,882	$44,957
UPMC HorizonGreenville, PA · CCN 390178	17	$6,757	22% below the national average	$5,500	$25,488
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois, PA · CCN 390086	22	$6,760	22% below the national average	$5,200	$13,695
Forbes HospitalMonroeville, PA · CCN 390267	33	$6,766	22% below the national average	$5,532	$21,264
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg, PA · CCN 390065	18	$6,780	22% below the national average	$5,420	$29,140
Holy Redeemer Hospital And Medical CenterMeadowbrook, PA · CCN 390097	51	$6,791	21% below the national average	$4,826	$22,415
UPMC JamesonNew Castle, PA · CCN 390016	11	$6,817	21% below the national average	$4,722	$16,348
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA · CCN 390330	29	$6,852	21% below the national average	$5,384	$56,480
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · CCN 390100	61	$6,877	20% below the national average	$5,471	$28,228
Regional Hospital Of ScrantonScranton, PA · CCN 390237	21	$6,948	20% below the national average	$4,835	$39,309
UPMC WilliamsportWilliamsport, PA · CCN 390045	18	$6,981	19% below the national average	$4,798	$33,928
The Washington HospitalWashington, PA · CCN 390042	18	$6,982	19% below the national average	$4,727	$11,085
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA · CCN 390201	15	$6,997	19% below the national average	$5,691	$37,972
UPMC AltoonaAltoona, PA · CCN 390073	25	$7,012	19% below the national average	$5,424	$25,398
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr, PA · CCN 390139	68	$7,033	19% below the national average	$5,566	$52,651
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · CCN 390030	20	$7,161	17% below the national average	$5,109	$32,994
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, PA · CCN 390258	107	$7,258	16% below the national average	$5,478	$20,781
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA · CCN 390036	16	$7,289	16% below the national average	$5,949	$11,195
UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390102	24	$7,293	16% below the national average	$5,223	$33,346
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
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · CCN 390151	38	$7,363	15% below the national average	$5,442	$24,192
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · CCN 390048	19	$7,448	14% below the national average	$5,813	$32,655
UPMC CarlisleCarlisle, PA · CCN 390058	18	$7,512	13% below the national average	$4,330	$25,773
Penn State Health St. JosephReading, PA · CCN 390096	42	$7,513	13% below the national average	$5,902	$30,298
St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston, PA · CCN 390162	13	$7,515	13% below the national average	$6,151	$52,857

National trend

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

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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.