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Medicare DRG 220. What hospitals charge and what Medicare pays, 2024.

Avg hospital charge
$271,588
Avg total payment
$53,369
Avg Medicare pays
$42,305
Hospitals reporting
291

The "charge" is the hospital's list price — almost nobody pays it. "Total payment" is what the hospital actually received (Medicare plus patient copays and other payers). These figures cover Medicare fee-for-service inpatient stays only.

StateHospitalsAvg chargeAvg Medicare payment
California23$456,396$56,399
Kansas2$394,182$33,803
Texas13$378,398$37,612
Colorado3$362,149$43,831
Alabama4$351,270$31,851
South Carolina6$338,974$40,206
Florida18$337,561$39,517
Alaska1$324,622$43,703
Arizona9$315,217$38,596
Georgia7$312,356$40,195
New Jersey9$303,932$45,085
Washington10$301,616$43,482
Illinois10$289,994$43,169
Kentucky6$287,537$36,609
New York12$283,998$49,141
Oklahoma2$282,912$31,532
Pennsylvania14$281,501$42,143
Tennessee8$265,671$34,869
West Virginia2$262,752$39,404
Indiana6$259,801$37,598
Louisiana8$243,658$35,075
Ohio9$241,862$38,495
Utah5$239,661$39,815
Virginia8$237,192$44,945
District of Columbia1$232,554$44,475
North Carolina13$226,910$40,392
Hawaii1$211,266$44,946
Nevada1$209,474$38,763
Arkansas4$203,082$30,094
Oregon6$201,468$47,117
Idaho2$200,714$42,068
South Dakota2$198,795$35,675
Maine2$196,055$32,703
Michigan6$193,721$41,430
New Hampshire2$181,439$40,948
Minnesota8$181,350$41,409
Connecticut3$179,559$45,736
Missouri8$178,029$34,087
Delaware1$175,934$41,624
Nebraska3$169,638$36,608
Wisconsin6$169,412$36,330
Vermont1$165,934$31,250
Massachusetts7$160,868$50,181
Mississippi4$154,804$33,540
Iowa2$140,613$33,175
Rhode Island1$140,543$40,725
Montana3$139,300$37,923
North Dakota2$138,695$33,164
Maryland7$95,871$78,162

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service. A DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) is how Medicare classifies an inpatient stay for payment; the description is Medicare's, not a diagnosis for any individual.