Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 948
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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $8,086 per stay at 569 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $6,321 and $8,757.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $8,086
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $6,321–$8,757
- Medicare’s share
- $6,097
- Average billed charge
- $39,255
- Hospitals reporting
- 569
Hospitals in California
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.
- Average payment across these 49 hospitals
- $9,560
- Median hospital
- $8,736
- Lowest to highest
- $7,222–$17,722
- Medicare stays
- 956
49 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC Arcadia Hospital | 12 | $7,222 | 11% below the national average | $6,318 | $57,976 |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos | 12 | $7,587 | About average | $6,227 | $105,781 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla | 13 | $7,656 | About average | $6,526 | $38,796 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 32 | $7,678 | About average | $6,557 | $38,728 |
| Enloe Health | 25 | $7,753 | About average | $6,645 | $68,741 |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center | 11 | $7,771 | About average | $6,884 | $75,027 |
| Foothill Regional Medical Center | 11 | $7,967 | About average | $6,928 | $50,714 |
| Clovis Community Medical Center | 17 | $7,975 | About average | $6,641 | $38,023 |
| UCLA West Valley Medical Center | 12 | $7,981 | About average | $6,893 | $89,734 |
| Oroville Hospital | 26 | $7,999 | About average | $7,246 | $24,392 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 17 | $8,010 | About average | $6,406 | $54,688 |
| San Antonio Regional Hospital | 13 | $8,058 | About average | $7,054 | $45,865 |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | 17 | $8,076 | About average | $7,034 | $62,008 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center | 15 | $8,181 | About average | $7,637 | $50,631 |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center | 34 | $8,193 | About average | $7,066 | $60,871 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center | 13 | $8,213 | About average | $6,508 | $37,707 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | 27 | $8,357 | About average | $7,375 | $58,251 |
| Grossmont Hospital | 57 | $8,373 | About average | $7,313 | $53,753 |
| St Johns Regional Medical Center | 18 | $8,396 | About average | $6,698 | $55,824 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center | 22 | $8,483 | About average | $7,204 | $48,651 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 34 | $8,625 | About average | $7,459 | $50,262 |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley | 13 | $8,637 | About average | $7,479 | $123,400 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus | 26 | $8,700 | About average | $7,878 | $90,664 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 31 | $8,713 | About average | $6,459 | $66,662 |
| Dominican Hospital | 15 | $8,736 | About average | $7,430 | $74,509 |
| Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital | 13 | $8,787 | About average | $6,948 | $43,119 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | 11 | $8,965 | 11% above the national average | $7,605 | $79,514 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | 17 | $9,044 | 12% above the national average | $7,251 | $66,907 |
| El Camino Health | 19 | $9,091 | 12% above the national average | $8,039 | $88,074 |
| Saint Agnes Medical Center | 23 | $9,196 | 14% above the national average | $7,230 | $35,903 |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital | 36 | $9,208 | 14% above the national average | $7,149 | $73,875 |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center | 22 | $9,238 | 14% above the national average | $7,678 | $94,838 |
| Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura | 12 | $9,283 | 15% above the national average | $7,854 | $20,822 |
| MarinHealth Medical Center | 18 | $9,308 | 15% above the national average | $7,948 | $97,721 |
| Salinas Valley Health Medical Center | 17 | $9,576 | 18% above the national average | $8,712 | $87,637 |
| PIH Health Hospital-Whittier | 12 | $9,702 | 20% above the national average | $8,842 | $107,435 |
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento | 11 | $9,783 | 21% above the national average | $8,551 | $47,223 |
| Community Hospital Of The Monterey Peninsula | 25 | $10,035 | 24% above the national average | $7,575 | $67,227 |
| Ventura County Medical Center | 14 | $10,168 | 26% above the national average | $8,628 | $60,604 |
| Community Regional Medical Center | 14 | $10,255 | 27% above the national average | $7,299 | $65,805 |
| Riverside Community Hospital | 14 | $10,424 | 29% above the national average | $8,595 | $71,797 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 32 | $11,252 | 39% above the national average | $8,519 | $147,872 |
| Temecula Valley Hospital | 11 | $11,297 | 40% above the national average | $9,375 | $75,748 |
| University Of California Davis Medical Center | 30 | $13,152 | 63% above the national average | $9,192 | $81,416 |
| Santa Clara Valley Medical Center | 11 | $14,073 | 74% above the national average | $12,389 | $56,437 |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center | 11 | $14,861 | 84% above the national average | $10,949 | $70,332 |
| UCSF Medical Center | 17 | $15,616 | 93% above the national average | $11,293 | $81,121 |
| Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center | 11 | $16,947 | 110% above the national average | $14,508 | $71,857 |
| Stanford Health Care | 32 | $17,722 | 119% above the national average | $9,559 | $146,807 |
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 | $7,173 | $31K |
| 2021 | $7,400 | $32K |
| 2022 | $7,571 | $36K |
| 2023 | $7,807 | $37K |
| 2024 | $8,086 | $39K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 5 | 85 | $5,979 | $5,742–$6,063 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 93 | $5,981 | $5,586–$6,286 |
| Iowa | 7 | 171 | $6,065 | $5,600–$6,337 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 151 | $6,130 | $5,471–$6,094 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 298 | $6,216 | $5,521–$6,743 |
| Colorado | 2 | 23 | $6,221 | $6,165–$6,269 |
| Vermont | 1 | 13 | $6,261 | $6,261–$6,261 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 16 | $6,279 | $6,279–$6,279 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 63 | $6,374 | $6,210–$6,588 |
| Kansas | 6 | 115 | $6,521 | $5,821–$7,071 |
| Idaho | 3 | 34 | $6,530 | $6,187–$7,072 |
| Indiana | 18 | 319 | $6,838 | $6,213–$7,120 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 167 | $6,872 | $5,403–$7,275 |
| Florida | 47 | 1,080 | $6,991 | $6,125–$7,552 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 70 | $7,064 | $6,642–$7,127 |
| Ohio | 23 | 405 | $7,146 | $6,091–$7,653 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 43 | $7,329 | $6,818–$7,495 |
| Arizona | 10 | 170 | $7,340 | $6,011–$7,513 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 13 | $7,420 | $7,420–$7,420 |
| Alabama | 9 | 185 | $7,514 | $5,820–$6,790 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 177 | $7,616 | $6,191–$7,673 |
| Montana | 2 | 30 | $7,617 | $6,981–$8,449 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | 591 | $7,637 | $6,372–$8,123 |
| Virginia | 13 | 252 | $7,666 | $6,283–$7,358 |
| Delaware | 3 | 73 | $7,686 | $6,766–$7,658 |
| Missouri | 12 | 191 | $7,688 | $6,218–$7,155 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 231 | $7,718 | $5,828–$8,236 |
| Maine | 1 | 25 | $7,725 | $7,725–$7,725 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 96 | $7,729 | $6,463–$7,512 |
| Illinois | 31 | 535 | $7,733 | $6,122–$8,825 |
| Michigan | 23 | 471 | $7,823 | $7,149–$7,861 |
| Texas | 20 | 352 | $7,836 | $6,674–$7,962 |
| New Jersey | 23 | 468 | $7,860 | $6,795–$9,070 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 359 | $7,947 | $6,413–$8,070 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 181 | $8,054 | $6,535–$8,128 |
| Nevada | 1 | 18 | $8,102 | $8,102–$8,102 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 546 | $8,132 | $6,644–$8,334 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 131 | $8,145 | $6,175–$9,014 |
| Georgia | 20 | 280 | $8,396 | $6,611–$9,745 |
| Washington | 5 | 108 | $8,416 | $6,996–$8,757 |
| Oregon | 3 | 37 | $9,224 | $7,979–$10,188 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 16 | $9,290 | $9,290–$9,290 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 99 | $9,440 | $6,859–$7,559 |
| California | 49 | 956 | $9,560 | $8,076–$9,783 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 11 | $9,801 | $9,801–$9,801 |
| Utah | 1 | 25 | $10,097 | $10,097–$10,097 |
| New York | 41 | 1,054 | $10,211 | $7,674–$10,943 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 14 | $10,241 | $10,241–$10,241 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 42 | $10,481 | $9,936–$11,281 |
| Maryland | 21 | 443 | $11,671 | $10,852–$13,572 |
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.