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Medicare DRG 602. What hospitals charge and what Medicare pays, 2024.

Avg hospital charge
$60,856
Avg total payment
$13,677
Avg Medicare pays
$11,208
Hospitals reporting
588

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
Nevada5$109,911$11,277
Alaska1$96,961$14,735
California63$96,181$14,350
New Jersey28$88,668$11,652
New York40$88,101$13,309
Colorado3$86,996$10,998
Florida46$72,402$10,000
Alabama3$71,583$8,149
Kansas3$71,388$8,668
Texas33$69,264$10,390
Georgia12$67,010$11,244
Hawaii3$66,416$16,559
Washington7$63,679$11,511
Pennsylvania25$62,002$10,507
District of Columbia3$60,072$13,315
South Dakota3$57,106$11,048
Maine2$57,100$12,217
Arizona13$56,036$10,248
Connecticut7$52,386$12,953
Iowa4$51,638$9,570
Wisconsin7$51,524$10,852
Indiana14$50,781$9,643
Rhode Island2$50,094$13,003
Illinois37$49,820$10,046
Minnesota10$49,277$11,301
Oklahoma7$48,860$9,982
South Carolina7$48,250$9,800
Kentucky8$47,627$8,169
Missouri15$46,453$9,653
Tennessee9$44,260$9,198
Mississippi7$43,826$9,066
North Carolina21$43,299$10,480
Louisiana5$43,062$8,799
West Virginia8$42,619$9,183
Delaware3$41,625$10,755
Ohio25$41,285$9,655
Montana1$39,812$9,884
North Dakota3$39,536$10,449
Virginia20$39,314$9,729
Michigan15$37,676$10,615
Arkansas7$37,115$8,648
New Hampshire4$34,682$9,802
Massachusetts28$34,071$12,385
Nebraska3$33,941$10,160
Idaho2$33,208$9,198
Oregon2$30,103$12,163
New Mexico1$27,160$8,735
Maryland13$22,088$17,794

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.