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Outpatient procedure · APC 8011

Observation stay cost

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,634 per procedure at 2,753 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,362 and $2,697.

Medicare’s name: Comprehensive Observation Services (APC 8011)

Also known as: Observation stay

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$2,634
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$2,362–$2,697
Medicare’s share
$2,09079% of the payment
Average billed charge
$24,060
Hospitals reporting
2,753815,315 procedures

Hospitals within 50 miles of AdventHealth Orlando, plus your selected hospitals

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.

Location
AdventHealth Orlando
Specific hospitals 1 of 10
  • AdventHealth Orlando
Average payment across these 26 hospitals
$2,445National $2,634 · Florida $2,457
Median hospital
$2,464
Lowest to highest
$2,349–$2,484
Medicare procedures
11,389

26 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Comprehensive Observation Services by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Parrish Medical CenterTitusville, FL · 33 mi · CCN 100028469$2,34911% below the national average$1,841$25,737
AdventHealth Heart Of FloridaDavenport, FL · 32 mi · CCN 100137165$2,422About average$1,909$32,286
AdventHealth OrlandoSelectedOrlando, FL · 0 mi · CCN 100007 · +$159 outlier payments per case3,106$2,427About average$1,919$37,344
Cape Canaveral HospitalCocoa Beach, FL · 48 mi · CCN 100177217$2,434About average$1,929$15,607
Orlando HealthOrlando, FL · 3.4 mi · CCN 1000061,106$2,437About average$1,930$34,231
UF Health Leesburg HospitalLeesburg, FL · 34 mi · CCN 100084627$2,442About average$1,940$17,538
Orlando Health-Health Central HospitalOcoee, FL · 9.7 mi · CCN 100030331$2,444About average$1,934$33,682
Halifax Health /UF Health Medical Center Of DeltonDeltona, FL · 27 mi · CCN 10033060$2,447About average$1,929$28,262
Oviedo Medical CenterOviedo, FL · 10 mi · CCN 100329128$2,450About average$1,943$36,257
Central Florida Lake Monroe HospitalSanford, FL · 17 mi · CCN 10016173$2,452About average$1,948$44,974
Winter Haven HospitalWinter Haven, FL · 43 mi · CCN 1000521,046$2,458About average$1,947$22,071
AdventHealth Fish MemorialOrange City, FL · 24 mi · CCN 100072105$2,461About average$1,957$26,450
AdventHealth WatermanTavares, FL · 27 mi · CCN 100057243$2,464About average$1,958$26,829
AdventHealth New Smyrna BeachNew Smyrna Beach, FL · 41 mi · CCN 100014134$2,465About average$1,959$19,749
Orlando Health South Lake HospitalClermont, FL · 21 mi · CCN 100051850$2,466About average$1,959$34,388
Viera HospitalMelbourne, FL · 46 mi · CCN 100315179$2,466About average$1,964$16,238
AdventHealth Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, FL · 49 mi · CCN 100068292$2,466About average$1,961$21,365
Orlando Health St Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud, FL · 23 mi · CCN 100302151$2,466About average$1,962$34,851
HCA Florida Osceola HospitalKissimmee, FL · 19 mi · CCN 100110164$2,467About average$1,962$77,272
Orlando Health Rockledge HospitalRockledge, FL · 43 mi · CCN 100092176$2,468About average$1,960$28,703
Halifax Health Medical CenterDaytona Beach, FL · 47 mi · CCN 100017556$2,472About average$1,967$26,703
The Villages Regional HospitalThe Villages, FL · 44 mi · CCN 100290678$2,479About average$1,974$17,397
AdventHealth DelandDeland, FL · 32 mi · CCN 100045227$2,479About average$1,973$21,989
HCA Florida Poinciana HospitalKissimmee, FL · 30 mi · CCN 10032043$2,479About average$1,972$61,528
UCF Lake Nona HospitalOrlando, FL · 15 mi · CCN 100350108$2,480About average$1,971$62,580
AdventHealth Lake WalesLake Wales, FL · 48 mi · CCN 100099155$2,484About average$1,971$41,307

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 1,019,189 procedures at 2,860 hospitals · 2021: 965,877 procedures at 2,852 hospitals · 2022: 921,225 procedures at 2,850 hospitals · 2023: 863,129 procedures at 2,798 hospitals · 2024: 815,315 procedures at 2,753 hospitals
View data as a table
National average payment and billed charge for Comprehensive Observation Services
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$2,173$19K
2021$2,303$20K
2022$2,330$22K
2023$2,422$23K
2024$2,634$24K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

Show all 50 states
Average payment by state for Comprehensive Observation Services, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Vermont51,308$1,285$1,180–$1,485
Alabama738,112$2,241$2,169–$2,264
Mississippi5211,311$2,278$2,235–$2,347
West Virginia225,181$2,285$2,226–$2,367
Louisiana6414,412$2,288$2,259–$2,300
Tennessee7316,493$2,299$2,237–$2,337
Ohio11031,616$2,317$2,300–$2,380
Oklahoma6111,406$2,348$2,322–$2,440
Arkansas4011,142$2,356$2,302–$2,439
Kentucky6115,821$2,359$2,296–$2,442
South Carolina5015,082$2,368$2,308–$2,382
Kansas337,920$2,377$2,321–$2,503
Iowa317,279$2,385$2,330–$2,467
Missouri6315,191$2,393$2,335–$2,465
Michigan8123,451$2,410$2,364–$2,467
Georgia9221,579$2,422$2,298–$2,481
North Carolina7821,007$2,426$2,380–$2,450
Texas23358,602$2,445$2,375–$2,511
Nebraska193,391$2,450$2,431–$2,480
Florida16677,597$2,457$2,443–$2,471
Maine172,448$2,457$2,370–$2,519
Virginia6926,889$2,459$2,332–$2,524
Indiana7318,659$2,464$2,412–$2,485
New Mexico224,083$2,469$2,369–$2,549
Utah313,560$2,478$2,429–$2,452
Wisconsin6110,886$2,497$2,447–$2,538
Idaho122,397$2,548$2,440–$2,614
Pennsylvania12233,705$2,553$2,415–$2,601
Illinois11339,922$2,573$2,522–$2,604
North Dakota62,780$2,590$2,532–$2,653
Montana103,213$2,595$2,543–$2,721
Colorado4813,460$2,608$2,586–$2,606
Minnesota4511,221$2,627$2,574–$2,716
New Hampshire135,226$2,637$2,593–$2,699
South Dakota112,485$2,638$2,559–$2,731
Arizona5422,819$2,686$2,639–$2,669
Delaware64,912$2,718$2,698–$2,727
Wyoming91,733$2,722$2,695–$2,745
Rhode Island92,010$2,752$2,748–$2,778
District of Columbia61,453$2,758$2,739–$2,795
Washington458,931$2,802$2,728–$2,893
New Jersey5936,741$2,897$2,835–$3,029
Nevada217,349$2,900$2,857–$2,915
Oregon325,804$2,901$2,821–$2,873
Massachusetts5132,481$2,920$2,905–$2,928
Alaska61,743$2,936$2,857–$2,998
New York11538,093$2,983$2,877–$3,083
Connecticut2615,665$3,045$3,022–$3,054
Hawaii121,584$3,127$3,076–$3,276
California24275,162$3,471$3,347–$3,602

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. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. 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 Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.