Outpatient procedure · APC 8011

Comprehensive Observation Services

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.

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 in Georgia

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Average payment across these 92 hospitals: $2,422National $2,634 · Georgia $2,422
Median hospital: $2,442
Lowest to highest: $2,240–$2,629
Medicare procedures: 21,579

92 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 51–92. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Comprehensive Observation Services by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro, GA · CCN 110109	72	$2,451	About average	$1,940	$14,746
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	134	$2,451	About average	$1,933	$31,179
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · CCN 110001	407	$2,452	About average	$1,944	$23,556
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	2,366	$2,453	About average	$1,945	$24,165
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	499	$2,454	About average	$1,937	$22,046
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	315	$2,459	About average	$1,954	$10,404
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · CCN 110225	126	$2,460	About average	$1,944	$25,157
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · CCN 110191	335	$2,468	About average	$1,951	$21,805
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	232	$2,469	About average	$1,959	$10,860
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe, GA · CCN 110046	170	$2,470	About average	$1,952	$28,206
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville, GA · CCN 110192	172	$2,470	About average	$1,953	$25,576
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	478	$2,472	About average	$1,956	$28,251
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica, GA · CCN 110015	183	$2,474	About average	$1,956	$19,363
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	105	$2,477	About average	$1,969	$34,515
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup, GA · CCN 110124	151	$2,478	About average	$1,974	$12,131
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys, GA · CCN 110146	98	$2,478	About average	$1,973	$10,682
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · CCN 110128	55	$2,478	About average	$1,973	$21,675
Appling HealthcareBaxley, GA · CCN 110071	86	$2,478	About average	$1,965	$14,891
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	218	$2,481	About average	$1,965	$27,366
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · CCN 110005	137	$2,481	About average	$1,965	$25,953
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth, GA · CCN 110252	167	$2,492	About average	$1,971	$22,209
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton, GA · CCN 110011	351	$2,494	About average	$1,977	$21,008
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · CCN 110018	178	$2,495	About average	$1,978	$24,361
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur, GA · CCN 110076	376	$2,504	About average	$1,984	$14,841
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · CCN 110215	337	$2,504	About average	$1,986	$23,592
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	507	$2,508	About average	$1,990	$22,376
Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110010	577	$2,509	About average	$1,992	$14,325
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin, GA · CCN 110031	65	$2,509	About average	$1,993	$28,327
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110079	410	$2,513	About average	$1,995	$28,347
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · CCN 110143	150	$2,513	About average	$1,997	$32,828
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross, GA · CCN 110003	142	$2,516	About average	$1,992	$26,814
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia, GA · CCN 110226	96	$2,519	About average	$2,000	$15,372
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	136	$2,525	About average	$2,008	$26,456
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell, GA · CCN 110198	142	$2,526	About average	$2,009	$29,251
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · CCN 110078	477	$2,528	About average	$2,008	$12,920
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · CCN 110230	504	$2,529	About average	$2,011	$13,116
Athur M Blank HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 113300	12	$2,540	About average	$2,024	$18,668
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · CCN 110091	98	$2,540	About average	$2,024	$23,314
Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale, GA · CCN 110165	20	$2,540	About average	$2,024	$26,956
Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · CCN 110045	139	$2,540	About average	$2,023	$27,613
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · CCN 110007	328	$2,545	About average	$2,021	$18,706
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · CCN 110002	97	$2,629	About average	$2,084	$24,600

National trend

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

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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

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National average payment and billed charge for Comprehensive Observation Services
Year of care	Average payment	Average 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.

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Average payment by state for Comprehensive Observation Services, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,308	$1,285	$1,180–$1,485
Alabama	73	8,112	$2,241	$2,169–$2,264
Mississippi	52	11,311	$2,278	$2,235–$2,347
West Virginia	22	5,181	$2,285	$2,226–$2,367
Louisiana	64	14,412	$2,288	$2,259–$2,300
Tennessee	73	16,493	$2,299	$2,237–$2,337
Ohio	110	31,616	$2,317	$2,300–$2,380
Oklahoma	61	11,406	$2,348	$2,322–$2,440
Arkansas	40	11,142	$2,356	$2,302–$2,439
Kentucky	61	15,821	$2,359	$2,296–$2,442
South Carolina	50	15,082	$2,368	$2,308–$2,382
Kansas	33	7,920	$2,377	$2,321–$2,503
Iowa	31	7,279	$2,385	$2,330–$2,467
Missouri	63	15,191	$2,393	$2,335–$2,465
Michigan	81	23,451	$2,410	$2,364–$2,467
Georgia	92	21,579	$2,422	$2,298–$2,481
North Carolina	78	21,007	$2,426	$2,380–$2,450
Texas	233	58,602	$2,445	$2,375–$2,511
Nebraska	19	3,391	$2,450	$2,431–$2,480
Florida	166	77,597	$2,457	$2,443–$2,471
Maine	17	2,448	$2,457	$2,370–$2,519
Virginia	69	26,889	$2,459	$2,332–$2,524
Indiana	73	18,659	$2,464	$2,412–$2,485
New Mexico	22	4,083	$2,469	$2,369–$2,549
Utah	31	3,560	$2,478	$2,429–$2,452
Wisconsin	61	10,886	$2,497	$2,447–$2,538
Idaho	12	2,397	$2,548	$2,440–$2,614
Pennsylvania	122	33,705	$2,553	$2,415–$2,601
Illinois	113	39,922	$2,573	$2,522–$2,604
North Dakota	6	2,780	$2,590	$2,532–$2,653
Montana	10	3,213	$2,595	$2,543–$2,721
Colorado	48	13,460	$2,608	$2,586–$2,606
Minnesota	45	11,221	$2,627	$2,574–$2,716
New Hampshire	13	5,226	$2,637	$2,593–$2,699
South Dakota	11	2,485	$2,638	$2,559–$2,731
Arizona	54	22,819	$2,686	$2,639–$2,669
Delaware	6	4,912	$2,718	$2,698–$2,727
Wyoming	9	1,733	$2,722	$2,695–$2,745
Rhode Island	9	2,010	$2,752	$2,748–$2,778
District of Columbia	6	1,453	$2,758	$2,739–$2,795
Washington	45	8,931	$2,802	$2,728–$2,893
New Jersey	59	36,741	$2,897	$2,835–$3,029
Nevada	21	7,349	$2,900	$2,857–$2,915
Oregon	32	5,804	$2,901	$2,821–$2,873
Massachusetts	51	32,481	$2,920	$2,905–$2,928
Alaska	6	1,743	$2,936	$2,857–$2,998
New York	115	38,093	$2,983	$2,877–$3,083
Connecticut	26	15,665	$3,045	$3,022–$3,054
Hawaii	12	1,584	$3,127	$3,076–$3,276
California	242	75,162	$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.