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 Minnesota

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Average payment across these 45 hospitals: $2,627National $2,634 · Minnesota $2,627
Median hospital: $2,598
Lowest to highest: $1,835–$2,806
Medicare procedures: 11,221

45 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
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Essentia Health DuluthDuluth, MN · CCN 240019	15	$1,835	30% below the national average	$1,462	$4,503
Mayo Clinic Health System In Red WingRed Wing, MN · CCN 240018	63	$2,501	About average	$1,969	$10,321
Essentia Health VirginiaVirginia, MN · CCN 240084	123	$2,527	About average	$2,013	$12,613
Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing, MN · CCN 240040	103	$2,528	About average	$2,010	$18,558
M Health Fairview University Of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240080	360	$2,534	About average	$2,009	$18,969
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth, MN · CCN 240002	304	$2,554	About average	$2,027	$12,905
Regions HospitalSaint Paul, MN · CCN 240106	470	$2,555	About average	$2,023	$11,638
Cambridge Medical CenterCambridge, MN · CCN 240020	117	$2,564	About average	$2,031	$15,845
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids, MN · CCN 240115	552	$2,567	About average	$2,035	$16,702
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee, MN · CCN 240104	232	$2,572	About average	$2,040	$15,224
Fairview Lakes Health ServicesWyoming, MN · CCN 240050	195	$2,574	About average	$2,041	$15,759
St Lukes HospitalDuluth, MN · CCN 240047	361	$2,574	About average	$2,046	$13,425
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville, MN · CCN 240207	651	$2,576	About average	$2,041	$17,580
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park, MN · CCN 240053	407	$2,579	About average	$2,048	$14,786
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240004 · +$106 outlier payments per case	412	$2,581	About average	$2,051	$14,677
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia, MN · CCN 240056	139	$2,588	About average	$2,052	$17,119
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina, MN · CCN 240078	744	$2,588	About average	$2,055	$16,827
Maple Grove HospitalMaple Grove, MN · CCN 240214	171	$2,592	About average	$2,059	$10,829
Fairview Northland Regional HospitalPrinceton, MN · CCN 240141	93	$2,594	About average	$2,061	$17,365
Allina Health Faribault Medical CenterFaribault, MN · CCN 240071	132	$2,597	About average	$2,069	$14,192
Owatonna HospitalOwatonna, MN · CCN 240069	82	$2,597	About average	$2,069	$13,480
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo, MN · CCN 240076	111	$2,598	About average	$2,066	$14,763
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood, MN · CCN 240210	454	$2,598	About average	$2,066	$19,029
Northfield HospitalNorthfield, MN · CCN 240014	116	$2,599	About average	$2,065	$20,654
Lakeview Memorial HospitalStillwater, MN · CCN 240066	127	$2,600	About average	$2,068	$13,268
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale, MN · CCN 240001	398	$2,601	About average	$2,068	$9,792
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240057	286	$2,602	About average	$2,070	$13,565
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul, MN · CCN 240038	451	$2,603	About average	$2,071	$14,627
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury, MN · CCN 240213	199	$2,606	About average	$2,074	$19,930
Olmsted Medical CenterRochester, MN · CCN 240006	43	$2,633	About average	$2,098	$10,628
Winona Health ServicesWinona, MN · CCN 240044	111	$2,685	About average	$2,135	$9,604
Centracare- Rice Memorial HospitalWillmar, MN · CCN 240088	98	$2,701	About average	$2,152	$9,078
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit LakesDetroit Lakes, MN · CCN 240101	146	$2,710	About average	$2,159	$12,753
Grand Itasca Clinic And HospitalGrand Rapids, MN · CCN 240064	164	$2,716	About average	$2,161	$16,119
Alomere HealthAlexandria, MN · CCN 240030	137	$2,720	About average	$2,165	$17,701
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji, MN · CCN 240100	273	$2,721	About average	$2,166	$15,849
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd, MN · CCN 240075	297	$2,729	About average	$2,174	$13,167
Lake Region Healthcare CorporationFergus Falls, MN · CCN 240052	120	$2,729	About average	$2,174	$17,036
Sanford Worthington Medical CenterWorthington, MN · CCN 240022	94	$2,729	About average	$2,174	$14,314
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud, MN · CCN 240036	618	$2,742	About average	$2,176	$9,529
Hutchinson HealthHutchinson, MN · CCN 240187	170	$2,743	About average	$2,184	$8,892
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea And AustinAlbert Lea, MN · CCN 240043	129	$2,745	About average	$2,183	$14,170
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato, MN · CCN 240093	105	$2,763	About average	$2,193	$11,902
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester, MN · CCN 240010	817	$2,792	About average	$2,219	$16,096
Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont, MN · CCN 240166	31	$2,806	About average	$2,235	$10,073

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.