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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $24,742 per stay at 256 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $19,356 and $27,847.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $24,742
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $19,356–$27,847
- Medicare’s share
- $20,080
- Average billed charge
- $121,564
- Hospitals reporting
- 256
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256 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delray Medical Center | 19 | $14,006 | 43% below the national average | $12,408 | $279,851 |
| Atrium Medical Center | 11 | $14,205 | 43% below the national average | $13,166 | $81,432 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice | 13 | $14,213 | 43% below the national average | $12,706 | $128,443 |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital | 11 | $15,413 | 38% below the national average | $14,348 | $77,746 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | 11 | $15,517 | 37% below the national average | $13,888 | $42,644 |
| WakeMed, Cary Hospital | 12 | $15,776 | 36% below the national average | $14,824 | $95,948 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc | 23 | $15,937 | 36% below the national average | $14,873 | $40,995 |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 16 | $16,056 | 35% below the national average | $13,563 | $90,810 |
| Forrest General Hospital | 16 | $16,094 | 35% below the national average | $14,440 | $62,402 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy | 16 | $16,141 | 35% below the national average | $13,608 | $113,984 |
| CHI-St Vincent Infirmary | 15 | $16,413 | 34% below the national average | $15,163 | $83,575 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | 12 | $16,445 | 34% below the national average | $14,931 | $109,484 |
| Bethesda North | 14 | $16,505 | 33% below the national average | $15,237 | $57,969 |
| Baptist Health Floyd | 12 | $16,676 | 33% below the national average | $15,424 | $130,886 |
| Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health | 19 | $16,678 | 33% below the national average | $15,622 | $139,468 |
| Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | 12 | $16,686 | 33% below the national average | $10,910 | $61,579 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 17 | $16,853 | 32% below the national average | $12,208 | $76,015 |
| St David's Medical Center | 13 | $16,916 | 32% below the national average | $16,165 | $260,707 |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis | 17 | $17,049 | 31% below the national average | $15,549 | $60,537 |
| Morton Plant Hospital | 17 | $17,087 | 31% below the national average | $16,251 | $140,703 |
| Bsa Hospital | 12 | $17,098 | 31% below the national average | $15,493 | $102,529 |
| Huntsville Hospital | 11 | $17,121 | 31% below the national average | $16,082 | $113,917 |
| Kootenai Health | 11 | $17,209 | 30% below the national average | $15,739 | $70,247 |
| Deaconess Hospital Inc | 20 | $17,252 | 30% below the national average | $16,178 | $56,172 |
| North Mississippi Medical Center | 16 | $17,287 | 30% below the national average | $15,557 | $68,190 |
| Baptist Health Louisville | 16 | $17,316 | 30% below the national average | $14,626 | $135,819 |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center | 15 | $17,367 | 30% below the national average | $15,691 | $111,845 |
| Rex Hospital | 19 | $17,425 | 30% below the national average | $14,179 | $60,979 |
| St David's South Austin Medical Center | 11 | $17,446 | 29% below the national average | $16,176 | $317,393 |
| AdventHealth Waterman | 14 | $17,447 | 29% below the national average | $16,048 | $150,259 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 20 | $17,553 | 29% below the national average | $15,910 | $120,451 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital | 19 | $17,585 | 29% below the national average | $15,648 | $102,129 |
| Bryan Medical Center | 17 | $17,669 | 29% below the national average | $16,233 | $93,585 |
| St Bernards Medical Center | 14 | $18,024 | 27% below the national average | $16,457 | $74,025 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock | 13 | $18,033 | 27% below the national average | $16,544 | $72,388 |
| Cox Medical Centers | 12 | $18,034 | 27% below the national average | $16,651 | $89,404 |
| Baptist Medical Center | 15 | $18,034 | 27% below the national average | $16,522 | $227,562 |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital | 11 | $18,051 | 27% below the national average | $16,298 | $277,480 |
| Caromont Regional Medical Center | 14 | $18,109 | 27% below the national average | $16,686 | $113,469 |
| Naples Community Hospital | 22 | $18,159 | 27% below the national average | $16,569 | $115,229 |
| The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 13 | $18,203 | 26% below the national average | $16,333 | $52,157 |
| Norman Regional | 11 | $18,313 | 26% below the national average | $16,965 | $95,495 |
| Texoma Medical Center | 11 | $18,379 | 26% below the national average | $12,730 | $147,401 |
| Atrium Health Pineville | 11 | $18,469 | 25% below the national average | $17,579 | $114,942 |
| Bryn Mawr Hospital | 11 | $18,480 | 25% below the national average | $16,740 | $78,933 |
| South Shore Hospital | 14 | $18,515 | 25% below the national average | $16,358 | $35,700 |
| Carilion Medical Center | 16 | $18,535 | 25% below the national average | $16,192 | $92,234 |
| Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital | 12 | $18,587 | 25% below the national average | $16,858 | $88,671 |
| Riverside Regional Medical Center | 12 | $18,611 | 25% below the national average | $16,339 | $65,192 |
| Saint Francis Hospital, Inc | 26 | $18,621 | 25% below the national average | $14,695 | $64,580 |
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 | $21K | $99K |
| 2021 | $23K | $107K |
| 2022 | $24K | $109K |
| 2023 | $24K | $116K |
| 2024 | $25K | $122K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 45 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3 | 48 | $16,479 | $16,075–$16,690 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 15 | $17,367 | $17,367–$17,367 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 59 | $18,567 | $16,743–$19,488 |
| Colorado | 1 | 11 | $18,919 | $18,919–$18,919 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 110 | $19,035 | $18,467–$20,248 |
| Alabama | 4 | 57 | $19,778 | $17,012–$20,051 |
| Idaho | 3 | 37 | $19,967 | $18,332–$20,910 |
| Florida | 21 | 427 | $20,208 | $17,087–$21,960 |
| Kansas | 4 | 56 | $20,307 | $19,812–$20,583 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 52 | $20,571 | $19,478–$21,716 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 25 | $20,730 | $19,902–$21,701 |
| Missouri | 4 | 57 | $21,104 | $17,787–$23,936 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 49 | $21,403 | $17,936–$22,569 |
| Georgia | 6 | 86 | $21,904 | $21,532–$22,281 |
| Delaware | 1 | 27 | $22,287 | $22,287–$22,287 |
| Texas | 19 | 308 | $22,307 | $18,207–$22,043 |
| Michigan | 5 | 72 | $22,355 | $19,489–$21,704 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 90 | $22,522 | $17,585–$21,743 |
| Indiana | 5 | 80 | $22,587 | $17,252–$26,634 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 59 | $22,939 | $19,304–$27,872 |
| Utah | 4 | 55 | $23,282 | $19,994–$25,833 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 235 | $23,365 | $18,917–$26,518 |
| Ohio | 10 | 152 | $23,461 | $20,191–$28,233 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | 265 | $23,666 | $21,236–$25,503 |
| Maine | 1 | 17 | $23,699 | $23,699–$23,699 |
| Iowa | 1 | 19 | $23,781 | $23,781–$23,781 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 55 | $24,026 | $20,892–$28,222 |
| New Jersey | 7 | 118 | $24,958 | $21,372–$25,242 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 96 | $24,967 | $23,606–$27,222 |
| Arizona | 4 | 66 | $25,189 | $21,290–$28,348 |
| Nevada | 1 | 11 | $25,192 | $25,192–$25,192 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 15 | $25,746 | $25,746–$25,746 |
| Illinois | 13 | 201 | $26,148 | $20,263–$28,925 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 109 | $26,241 | $20,527–$23,429 |
| Virginia | 7 | 113 | $28,437 | $18,599–$29,480 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 20 | $28,646 | $28,646–$28,646 |
| Oregon | 2 | 45 | $28,704 | $27,653–$31,154 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 33 | $28,739 | $27,528–$30,106 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 190 | $29,810 | $23,402–$35,193 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 39 | $30,341 | $29,973–$30,515 |
| California | 14 | 232 | $30,927 | $24,898–$35,252 |
| New York | 14 | 295 | $31,269 | $25,223–$33,063 |
| Washington | 4 | 51 | $33,480 | $25,388–$40,146 |
| Maryland | 7 | 118 | $34,027 | $24,135–$41,603 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 14 | $34,360 | $34,360–$34,360 |
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.