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 Indiana

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Average payment across these 73 hospitals: $2,464National $2,634 · Indiana $2,464
Median hospital: $2,447
Lowest to highest: $2,345–$2,632
Medicare procedures: 18,659

73 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 51–73. 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
Ascension St Vincent FishersFishers, IN · CCN 150181	53	$2,473	About average	$1,961	$17,592
Franciscan Health MunsterMunster, IN · CCN 150165	148	$2,477	About average	$1,954	$20,987
Schneck Medical CenterSeymour, IN · CCN 150065	241	$2,484	About average	$1,979	$9,858
Parkview Noble HospitalKendallville, IN · CCN 150146	47	$2,485	About average	$1,971	$15,702
Parkview Whitley HospitalColumbia City, IN · CCN 150101	105	$2,485	About average	$1,980	$16,862
St Joseph Health System, LLCFort Wayne, IN · CCN 150047	49	$2,486	About average	$1,975	$25,289
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo, IN · CCN 150007	133	$2,488	About average	$1,979	$18,359
Goshen HospitalGoshen, IN · CCN 150026	411	$2,490	About average	$1,975	$15,224
Pinnacle HospitalCrown Point, IN · CCN 150166	30	$2,497	About average	$1,971	$62,558
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka, IN · CCN 150012	342	$2,498	About average	$1,983	$16,381
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo, IN · CCN 150010	40	$2,503	About average	$1,990	$19,146
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart, IN · CCN 150018	333	$2,504	About average	$1,987	$13,218
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne, IN · CCN 150021	623	$2,509	About average	$1,998	$19,117
St Catherine Hospital IncEast Chicago, IN · CCN 150008	172	$2,527	About average	$1,999	$19,489
Franciscan Health DyerDyer, IN · CCN 150090	211	$2,534	About average	$2,011	$21,113
Community HospitalMunster, IN · CCN 150125	1,533	$2,538	About average	$2,011	$19,566
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point, IN · CCN 150126	454	$2,541	About average	$2,018	$23,072
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart, IN · CCN 150034	515	$2,544	About average	$2,021	$20,458
Methodist Hospitals IncGary, IN · CCN 150002	221	$2,546	About average	$2,022	$21,318
Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison, IN · CCN 150069	148	$2,557	About average	$2,025	$11,697
Reid HealthRichmond, IN · CCN 150048	877	$2,585	About average	$2,053	$11,608
Memorial HospitalLogansport, IN · CCN 150072	107	$2,594	About average	$2,063	$13,819
Marion General HospitalMarion, IN · CCN 150011	274	$2,632	About average	$2,092	$12,038

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

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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.