Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 641
Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $7,740 per stay at 1,940 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $6,248 and $8,326.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $7,740
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $6,248–$8,326
- Medicare’s share
- $5,830
- Average billed charge
- $37,589
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,940
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1,940 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1,151–1,200. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carle Health Methodist Hospital | 13 | $7,392 | About average | $5,434 | $37,111 |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos | 38 | $7,394 | About average | $6,056 | $94,667 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 17 | $7,400 | About average | $5,187 | $23,520 |
| Samaritan Hospital Of Troy, New York | 25 | $7,400 | About average | $6,221 | $26,733 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | 132 | $7,400 | About average | $5,403 | $46,995 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | 85 | $7,406 | About average | $5,427 | $82,690 |
| Central Florida Lake Monroe Hospital | 18 | $7,410 | About average | $5,702 | $66,334 |
| Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLC | 15 | $7,412 | About average | $5,184 | $34,224 |
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital | 16 | $7,417 | About average | $5,938 | $18,720 |
| French Hospital Medical Center | 19 | $7,419 | About average | $6,217 | $51,488 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | 50 | $7,420 | About average | $6,228 | $46,845 |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center | 11 | $7,422 | About average | $5,534 | $28,786 |
| New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc. | 44 | $7,424 | About average | $6,089 | $35,816 |
| UPMC Hamot | 19 | $7,425 | About average | $5,978 | $56,491 |
| Candler Hospital | 21 | $7,426 | About average | $5,743 | $26,043 |
| Bon Secours Community Hospital | 16 | $7,427 | About average | $6,203 | $61,165 |
| Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital | 16 | $7,427 | About average | $5,866 | $33,871 |
| Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital | 19 | $7,429 | About average | $5,738 | $40,224 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | 11 | $7,431 | About average | $5,937 | $56,965 |
| Robert Packer Hospital | 34 | $7,431 | About average | $5,296 | $26,484 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,The | 29 | $7,431 | About average | $6,221 | $94,210 |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital | 16 | $7,432 | About average | $5,534 | $31,361 |
| Regions Hospital | 36 | $7,438 | About average | $5,943 | $21,789 |
| Crouse Hospital | 46 | $7,445 | About average | $5,331 | $18,166 |
| Memorial Hospital Of Carbondale | 18 | $7,445 | About average | $4,458 | $20,516 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. | 35 | $7,446 | About average | $5,334 | $29,699 |
| Warren Memorial Hospital | 15 | $7,448 | About average | $5,461 | $15,025 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 48 | $7,449 | About average | $5,072 | $34,286 |
| Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital | 11 | $7,449 | About average | $5,173 | $23,854 |
| Huntsville Memorial Hospital | 15 | $7,454 | About average | $6,474 | $20,779 |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital | 51 | $7,458 | About average | $4,929 | $33,019 |
| White Plains Hospital Center | 55 | $7,471 | About average | $5,548 | $41,965 |
| Integris Grove Hospital | 13 | $7,478 | About average | $6,097 | $21,489 |
| MelroseWakefield Healthcare | 45 | $7,481 | About average | $4,904 | $12,102 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | 29 | $7,481 | About average | $5,458 | $32,623 |
| Laredo Medical Center | 17 | $7,481 | About average | $6,143 | $60,824 |
| Medical City Fort Worth | 13 | $7,491 | About average | $5,617 | $54,777 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | 19 | $7,492 | About average | $6,289 | $37,319 |
| Watauga Medical Center | 16 | $7,494 | About average | $5,799 | $15,296 |
| North Shore Medical Center | 19 | $7,495 | About average | $6,636 | $58,652 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center | 61 | $7,495 | About average | $5,790 | $28,990 |
| St Peters Health | 33 | $7,496 | About average | $4,730 | $23,246 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 92 | $7,498 | About average | $5,522 | $24,347 |
| St Francis Community Hospital | 13 | $7,499 | About average | $6,072 | $45,078 |
| Trios Health | 12 | $7,501 | About average | $5,921 | $27,613 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 22 | $7,502 | About average | $5,326 | $18,497 |
| St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia | 77 | $7,504 | About average | $5,162 | $24,729 |
| St Francis Hospital | 13 | $7,506 | About average | $5,865 | $30,415 |
| VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC | 18 | $7,507 | About average | $5,899 | $85,096 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 20 | $7,508 | About average | $5,564 | $33,986 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
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| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6,688 | $30K |
| 2021 | $6,935 | $31K |
| 2022 | $7,070 | $34K |
| 2023 | $7,368 | $35K |
| 2024 | $7,740 | $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 | 3 | 111 | $5,813 | $4,657–$6,470 |
| Arkansas | 24 | 683 | $6,002 | $5,531–$6,165 |
| Kentucky | 32 | 983 | $6,009 | $5,660–$6,421 |
| Louisiana | 33 | 945 | $6,159 | $5,475–$6,449 |
| Iowa | 20 | 507 | $6,220 | $5,643–$6,251 |
| Mississippi | 28 | 817 | $6,322 | $5,807–$6,609 |
| West Virginia | 17 | 503 | $6,389 | $5,660–$6,185 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 148 | $6,449 | $6,214–$6,569 |
| Kansas | 19 | 554 | $6,478 | $5,823–$6,657 |
| Montana | 8 | 189 | $6,658 | $6,351–$6,682 |
| Indiana | 52 | 1,425 | $6,696 | $6,075–$6,955 |
| Alabama | 37 | 1,091 | $6,699 | $5,801–$6,651 |
| Ohio | 78 | 2,279 | $6,733 | $5,791–$7,137 |
| Missouri | 45 | 1,346 | $6,791 | $5,818–$7,054 |
| Tennessee | 49 | 1,363 | $6,863 | $5,825–$6,941 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | 987 | $6,873 | $6,111–$7,142 |
| Florida | 137 | 5,399 | $6,913 | $6,037–$7,335 |
| Nebraska | 14 | 337 | $6,942 | $5,621–$7,186 |
| Idaho | 9 | 248 | $7,033 | $6,928–$7,412 |
| Virginia | 55 | 1,690 | $7,081 | $6,214–$7,114 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 1,398 | $7,096 | $6,118–$7,907 |
| Pennsylvania | 94 | 2,815 | $7,106 | $5,966–$7,430 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 282 | $7,144 | $6,360–$7,453 |
| Arizona | 39 | 1,175 | $7,178 | $6,093–$7,867 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 212 | $7,219 | $6,566–$7,785 |
| Colorado | 23 | 495 | $7,256 | $6,355–$7,794 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | 697 | $7,286 | $5,987–$7,459 |
| Michigan | 51 | 1,640 | $7,306 | $6,552–$7,501 |
| Maine | 9 | 164 | $7,469 | $6,469–$8,090 |
| North Carolina | 61 | 2,336 | $7,473 | $6,383–$7,357 |
| Illinois | 83 | 2,746 | $7,516 | $6,212–$8,138 |
| Utah | 12 | 243 | $7,674 | $6,303–$7,311 |
| Delaware | 6 | 310 | $7,742 | $6,799–$7,724 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 217 | $7,797 | $7,225–$8,038 |
| Texas | 124 | 3,825 | $7,819 | $6,503–$8,129 |
| New Jersey | 53 | 2,152 | $7,824 | $6,766–$8,989 |
| Nevada | 16 | 554 | $7,863 | $7,158–$8,528 |
| Washington | 33 | 793 | $7,864 | $7,106–$7,873 |
| Georgia | 64 | 1,861 | $7,926 | $6,711–$8,109 |
| Massachusetts | 48 | 2,127 | $7,954 | $6,608–$8,538 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 716 | $8,001 | $6,354–$7,405 |
| New Mexico | 14 | 309 | $8,050 | $6,018–$9,791 |
| Oregon | 19 | 413 | $8,298 | $7,582–$8,955 |
| Wyoming | 6 | 123 | $8,498 | $7,867–$9,586 |
| Connecticut | 20 | 548 | $8,651 | $7,593–$9,167 |
| California | 188 | 6,005 | $9,590 | $8,170–$9,545 |
| Hawaii | 7 | 156 | $9,677 | $9,017–$11,304 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 147 | $9,846 | $9,739–$12,201 |
| New York | 103 | 3,734 | $10,000 | $7,330–$10,846 |
| Maryland | 38 | 1,881 | $10,771 | $9,325–$11,997 |
| Alaska | 4 | 92 | $11,562 | $11,146–$12,225 |
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.