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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $46,667 per stay at 1,779 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $35,225 and $49,538.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $46,667
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $35,225–$49,538
- Medicare’s share
- $40,557
- Average billed charge
- $232,698
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,779
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1,779 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1,051–1,100. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlanger Medical Center | 69 | $43,710 | About average | $37,462 | $168,185 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 56 | $43,733 | About average | $33,572 | $255,907 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | 176 | $43,737 | About average | $36,785 | $277,743 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | 23 | $43,739 | About average | $41,740 | $320,523 |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 39 | $43,754 | About average | $41,718 | $166,036 |
| Wellstar Spalding Medical Center | 18 | $43,813 | About average | $37,824 | $298,659 |
| Oneida Health Hospital | 15 | $43,828 | About average | $42,307 | $59,330 |
| North Shore Medical Center | 25 | $43,841 | About average | $40,905 | $464,831 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford | 40 | $43,848 | About average | $28,182 | $179,053 |
| Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc | 85 | $43,858 | About average | $41,425 | $48,846 |
| KershawHealth | 15 | $43,886 | About average | $39,063 | $177,253 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | 67 | $43,902 | About average | $37,271 | $182,364 |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | 21 | $43,919 | About average | $42,168 | $203,156 |
| HCA Florida Osceola Hospital | 40 | $43,919 | About average | $38,213 | $468,945 |
| Newton Medical Center | 45 | $43,933 | About average | $36,122 | $440,617 |
| UCH-Memorial Health System | 88 | $43,957 | About average | $37,438 | $272,996 |
| St Anthony Hospital | 22 | $43,993 | About average | $36,562 | $234,989 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 84 | $43,994 | About average | $38,603 | $203,136 |
| Renown South Meadows Medical Center | 24 | $43,995 | About average | $33,270 | $111,459 |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital | 21 | $44,026 | About average | $29,364 | $381,114 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 501 | $44,039 | About average | $35,272 | $316,481 |
| St Clare Hospital | 23 | $44,040 | About average | $35,898 | $179,818 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc | 98 | $44,048 | About average | $38,186 | $305,688 |
| Humboldt Park Health | 12 | $44,102 | About average | $42,422 | $156,576 |
| Bon Secours St Marys Hospital | 43 | $44,102 | About average | $32,644 | $206,233 |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | 98 | $44,108 | About average | $36,154 | $330,113 |
| Valley Medical Center | 48 | $44,110 | About average | $40,374 | $187,156 |
| Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital | 12 | $44,122 | About average | $39,592 | $146,635 |
| Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall | 29 | $44,131 | About average | $42,223 | $216,495 |
| HCA Florida Largo Hospital | 38 | $44,133 | About average | $39,388 | $518,797 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical Center | 57 | $44,146 | About average | $30,387 | $236,265 |
| The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital | 44 | $44,150 | About average | $39,071 | $503,206 |
| Community Medical Center | 135 | $44,187 | About average | $36,360 | $230,415 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System | 229 | $44,196 | About average | $36,415 | $195,925 |
| Samaritan Hospital Of Troy, New York | 48 | $44,227 | About average | $38,160 | $85,852 |
| Faith Health | 17 | $44,258 | About average | $42,818 | $93,706 |
| M Health Fairview St John's Hospital | 43 | $44,260 | About average | $35,708 | $177,949 |
| St Peter's Hospital | 118 | $44,272 | About average | $37,136 | $112,210 |
| Medical City Fort Worth | 31 | $44,286 | About average | $33,581 | $480,418 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 102 | $44,291 | About average | $35,236 | $596,799 |
| Forbes Hospital | 19 | $44,302 | About average | $39,554 | $198,719 |
| United Regional Health Care System | 38 | $44,328 | About average | $38,304 | $114,495 |
| Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital | 32 | $44,335 | About average | $40,776 | $293,409 |
| Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | 41 | $44,359 | About average | $41,774 | $223,111 |
| Centura Health-St Anthony Hospital | 64 | $44,382 | About average | $35,207 | $274,679 |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital | 14 | $44,386 | About average | $42,936 | $278,393 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 19 | $44,398 | About average | $41,853 | $175,058 |
| Central Maine Medical Center | 18 | $44,404 | About average | $41,453 | $140,863 |
| Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca | 17 | $44,407 | About average | $42,375 | $81,110 |
| Anmed Health | 47 | $44,446 | About average | $39,954 | $154,463 |
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 | $42K | $187K |
| 2021 | $44K | $197K |
| 2022 | $45K | $210K |
| 2023 | $45K | $220K |
| 2024 | $47K | $233K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 22 | 1,064 | $34,387 | $29,968–$37,897 |
| Arkansas | 19 | 889 | $34,571 | $31,057–$34,829 |
| Iowa | 19 | 773 | $36,412 | $31,919–$36,465 |
| Louisiana | 26 | 1,044 | $36,543 | $31,411–$36,747 |
| Alabama | 29 | 1,029 | $36,849 | $31,371–$36,634 |
| Tennessee | 38 | 1,847 | $38,222 | $31,651–$38,453 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | 1,135 | $38,364 | $33,465–$39,185 |
| Kentucky | 26 | 1,233 | $38,369 | $32,728–$38,419 |
| Kansas | 19 | 911 | $38,745 | $31,346–$41,489 |
| Indiana | 37 | 1,603 | $38,763 | $34,924–$40,719 |
| Florida | 137 | 6,329 | $39,334 | $33,454–$41,396 |
| West Virginia | 13 | 618 | $40,068 | $33,725–$41,602 |
| Missouri | 44 | 1,655 | $40,296 | $32,172–$42,011 |
| South Carolina | 31 | 1,355 | $40,592 | $31,601–$43,517 |
| Idaho | 9 | 327 | $40,593 | $34,319–$45,984 |
| Montana | 8 | 324 | $40,711 | $39,508–$43,734 |
| Utah | 12 | 453 | $40,936 | $34,173–$41,805 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 612 | $41,110 | $34,993–$46,595 |
| Ohio | 69 | 2,773 | $41,133 | $32,712–$41,940 |
| Texas | 134 | 5,927 | $41,406 | $34,253–$42,223 |
| Michigan | 54 | 2,291 | $42,207 | $36,508–$42,690 |
| North Carolina | 49 | 1,743 | $42,351 | $33,374–$42,459 |
| Virginia | 43 | 2,430 | $42,494 | $34,592–$42,469 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 309 | $42,774 | $38,376–$46,472 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | 1,052 | $43,242 | $34,931–$42,896 |
| Vermont | 3 | 101 | $43,568 | $28,440–$41,475 |
| Colorado | 28 | 965 | $43,665 | $38,101–$46,697 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 327 | $43,714 | $39,321–$41,791 |
| Arizona | 39 | 1,615 | $44,142 | $37,440–$46,101 |
| New Mexico | 8 | 410 | $44,641 | $38,474–$54,205 |
| Pennsylvania | 81 | 3,332 | $44,755 | $35,070–$45,658 |
| Georgia | 53 | 2,228 | $45,270 | $36,160–$49,416 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 133 | $45,644 | $35,585–$44,399 |
| Illinois | 78 | 3,375 | $45,860 | $36,989–$47,578 |
| Nevada | 16 | 953 | $46,472 | $41,665–$47,702 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | 372 | $47,162 | $36,280–$43,675 |
| Delaware | 5 | 365 | $47,535 | $38,736–$49,811 |
| Washington | 38 | 1,432 | $48,955 | $42,473–$49,181 |
| New Jersey | 52 | 2,819 | $49,397 | $43,610–$54,270 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 1,172 | $49,556 | $37,392–$48,541 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 82 | $53,410 | $51,349–$55,917 |
| Maine | 5 | 177 | $54,069 | $43,754–$46,270 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | 1,997 | $54,082 | $38,691–$55,189 |
| Oregon | 21 | 755 | $54,140 | $45,975–$55,506 |
| Maryland | 37 | 1,929 | $54,470 | $40,107–$54,666 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 882 | $54,542 | $44,398–$52,017 |
| Alaska | 6 | 295 | $61,444 | $56,662–$74,017 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 296 | $61,666 | $51,169–$65,694 |
| California | 193 | 8,386 | $61,793 | $49,247–$62,810 |
| New York | 87 | 5,120 | $63,371 | $46,061–$71,218 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 316 | $69,493 | $51,849–$71,605 |
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.