Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 981 · Surgery or procedure
Extensive O.R. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $47,051 per stay at 680 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $34,585 and $51,168.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $47,051
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $34,585–$51,168
- Medicare’s share
- $40,277
- Average billed charge
- $226,646
- Hospitals reporting
- 680
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680 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weirton Medical Center, Inc | 12 | $22,760 | 52% below the national average | $21,298 | $109,248 |
| Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center | 13 | $24,377 | 48% below the national average | $22,243 | $179,805 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc | 56 | $25,126 | 47% below the national average | $24,041 | $72,148 |
| Southwest General Health Center | 13 | $25,571 | 46% below the national average | $24,612 | $75,583 |
| Roper Hospital | 20 | $25,927 | 45% below the national average | $24,995 | $109,263 |
| Baylor Scott And White Medical Center McKinney | 21 | $26,249 | 44% below the national average | $25,122 | $110,196 |
| National Park Medical Center | 16 | $26,274 | 44% below the national average | $22,452 | $318,393 |
| Forrest General Hospital | 31 | $26,406 | 44% below the national average | $25,030 | $82,682 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 16 | $26,429 | 44% below the national average | $24,928 | $98,187 |
| SGMC Health | 12 | $26,581 | 44% below the national average | $25,318 | $119,725 |
| Baptist Health - Fort Smith | 14 | $26,615 | 43% below the national average | $25,451 | $112,412 |
| Flowers Hospital | 12 | $26,735 | 43% below the national average | $24,355 | $314,963 |
| Memorial Hospital At Gulfport | 17 | $26,822 | 43% below the national average | $25,580 | $291,718 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | 20 | $26,959 | 43% below the national average | $25,577 | $141,756 |
| Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital | 16 | $27,035 | 43% below the national average | $25,491 | $121,265 |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Center | 14 | $27,471 | 42% below the national average | $24,406 | $102,612 |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 35 | $27,670 | 41% below the national average | $23,936 | $119,174 |
| Maury Regional Hospital | 15 | $28,111 | 40% below the national average | $26,568 | $113,252 |
| Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services | 12 | $28,286 | 40% below the national average | $27,380 | $210,674 |
| Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | 19 | $28,367 | 40% below the national average | $26,374 | $102,753 |
| Doylestown Hospital | 16 | $28,372 | 40% below the national average | $27,734 | $125,929 |
| North Mississippi Medical Center | 17 | $28,425 | 40% below the national average | $27,034 | $103,960 |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center | 13 | $28,430 | 40% below the national average | $22,507 | $115,933 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms | 19 | $28,486 | 39% below the national average | $26,633 | $109,176 |
| Trident Medical Center | 13 | $28,609 | 39% below the national average | $25,789 | $369,232 |
| St Francis Hospital | 11 | $28,691 | 39% below the national average | $26,929 | $215,841 |
| Methodist Mansfield Medical Center | 11 | $28,750 | 39% below the national average | $21,090 | $127,377 |
| HCA Florida West Hospital | 11 | $28,750 | 39% below the national average | $26,783 | $285,860 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | 13 | $28,780 | 39% below the national average | $24,341 | $97,252 |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West | 13 | $28,795 | 39% below the national average | $27,080 | $156,290 |
| CHI-St Vincent Infirmary | 12 | $28,827 | 39% below the national average | $27,899 | $151,837 |
| Delray Medical Center | 47 | $28,841 | 39% below the national average | $27,518 | $468,896 |
| North Alabama Medical Center | 15 | $29,008 | 38% below the national average | $26,683 | $163,443 |
| St Francis-Downtown | 12 | $29,043 | 38% below the national average | $23,113 | $160,597 |
| The Villages Regional Hospital | 17 | $29,136 | 38% below the national average | $27,552 | $171,743 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. | 13 | $29,138 | 38% below the national average | $25,127 | $101,483 |
| Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center | 22 | $29,150 | 38% below the national average | $28,298 | $384,842 |
| Baptist Health Lexington | 14 | $29,282 | 38% below the national average | $23,478 | $216,395 |
| St Josephs Hospital | 33 | $29,303 | 38% below the national average | $28,204 | $191,022 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth | 35 | $29,461 | 37% below the national average | $27,622 | $140,643 |
| Kearney Regional Medical Center | 13 | $29,478 | 37% below the national average | $28,348 | $100,211 |
| Paoli Hospital | 17 | $29,481 | 37% below the national average | $28,788 | $208,749 |
| St Anthonys Hospital | 16 | $29,495 | 37% below the national average | $28,382 | $130,389 |
| Huntsville Hospital | 40 | $29,589 | 37% below the national average | $27,789 | $156,433 |
| Essentia Health | 14 | $29,812 | 37% below the national average | $28,905 | $78,174 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 31 | $29,910 | 36% below the national average | $28,276 | $171,799 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center | 31 | $29,970 | 36% below the national average | $27,688 | $131,248 |
| Baptist Health Louisville | 19 | $29,974 | 36% below the national average | $25,170 | $192,799 |
| St Marys Medical Center | 11 | $30,079 | 36% below the national average | $26,983 | $116,993 |
| Meritus Medical Center | 22 | $30,130 | 36% below the national average | $29,240 | $32,647 |
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 | $40K | $178K |
| 2021 | $43K | $186K |
| 2022 | $46K | $204K |
| 2023 | $45K | $209K |
| 2024 | $47K | $227K |
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 | 10 | 206 | $30,485 | $27,859–$31,758 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 202 | $32,494 | $28,982–$36,679 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 248 | $34,773 | $31,652–$37,698 |
| Tennessee | 17 | 360 | $35,718 | $28,780–$37,312 |
| Montana | 2 | 34 | $35,895 | $34,679–$36,332 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 58 | $36,257 | $32,728–$37,988 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 205 | $36,276 | $29,260–$38,579 |
| Kentucky | 13 | 256 | $36,347 | $30,137–$43,576 |
| Indiana | 17 | 342 | $36,641 | $32,818–$35,980 |
| Idaho | 4 | 66 | $37,486 | $35,555–$39,551 |
| Vermont | 1 | 22 | $37,544 | $37,544–$37,544 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 127 | $38,228 | $30,801–$41,477 |
| Alabama | 11 | 252 | $38,247 | $29,877–$33,078 |
| Florida | 47 | 1,137 | $38,790 | $32,101–$43,057 |
| Iowa | 7 | 147 | $39,562 | $33,503–$43,628 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 122 | $39,834 | $34,533–$42,153 |
| Texas | 47 | 962 | $40,126 | $32,222–$45,579 |
| Colorado | 6 | 82 | $40,903 | $33,670–$43,159 |
| Utah | 5 | 109 | $40,918 | $31,668–$37,829 |
| Nevada | 8 | 194 | $41,352 | $38,179–$43,766 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 105 | $42,026 | $40,021–$43,007 |
| Virginia | 21 | 442 | $42,032 | $33,946–$44,566 |
| Michigan | 25 | 432 | $42,161 | $37,557–$43,309 |
| Missouri | 15 | 259 | $42,510 | $31,925–$45,741 |
| Ohio | 19 | 415 | $42,631 | $34,100–$45,496 |
| Maine | 2 | 50 | $42,712 | $39,471–$42,648 |
| Kansas | 4 | 99 | $43,021 | $33,921–$40,749 |
| Georgia | 16 | 303 | $44,053 | $36,012–$49,469 |
| North Carolina | 20 | 501 | $44,430 | $35,665–$47,877 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 11 | $45,050 | $45,050–$45,050 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 114 | $45,351 | $31,230–$46,701 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 41 | $45,999 | $40,444–$57,518 |
| New Jersey | 29 | 680 | $47,085 | $38,393–$50,334 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 38 | $47,191 | $47,191–$47,191 |
| Arizona | 16 | 279 | $47,277 | $36,153–$52,874 |
| Illinois | 33 | 759 | $47,326 | $36,162–$46,101 |
| Delaware | 3 | 80 | $48,939 | $39,247–$48,202 |
| Washington | 15 | 259 | $49,578 | $39,633–$51,325 |
| Minnesota | 12 | 314 | $49,742 | $36,934–$46,990 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | 647 | $49,864 | $38,024–$51,592 |
| Oregon | 6 | 164 | $51,381 | $46,523–$56,190 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 141 | $53,997 | $42,868–$56,293 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 159 | $54,430 | $45,587–$53,161 |
| Alaska | 2 | 37 | $57,637 | $57,397–$59,940 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 41 | $57,765 | $46,155–$58,848 |
| Massachusetts | 19 | 512 | $57,989 | $40,632–$63,496 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 83 | $59,819 | $58,327–$71,179 |
| New York | 39 | 1,191 | $60,614 | $43,584–$64,472 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 19 | $62,024 | $62,024–$62,024 |
| California | 65 | 1,312 | $62,446 | $45,289–$66,867 |
| Maryland | 19 | 341 | $69,594 | $44,097–$64,477 |
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.