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Medicare DRG 603. What hospitals charge and what Medicare pays, 2024.

Avg hospital charge
$36,908
Avg total payment
$8,598
Avg Medicare pays
$6,483
Hospitals reporting
1,677

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
Nevada13$82,389$6,989
New Jersey53$72,785$7,032
California153$61,487$8,666
Florida128$48,671$5,994
Colorado18$48,193$5,810
Alaska7$45,782$10,934
District of Columbia5$42,432$7,286
Texas108$42,177$6,562
New York97$41,877$8,307
Kansas14$39,389$5,227
Arizona40$38,137$6,793
Pennsylvania92$36,768$5,610
Mississippi17$35,060$5,532
Washington30$34,018$6,357
Oklahoma23$33,529$5,605
Georgia44$32,889$6,372
South Carolina30$31,621$5,602
Tennessee34$31,338$5,238
Alabama32$31,022$5,252
Connecticut23$30,952$7,318
Missouri41$30,667$5,610
Illinois71$30,444$6,459
Hawaii7$28,940$8,301
Arkansas20$28,851$4,849
Louisiana20$28,577$4,875
Kentucky22$28,477$5,086
Oregon16$28,419$6,881
Virginia47$28,309$5,483
New Hampshire12$28,132$6,064
Idaho4$27,992$5,907
Wisconsin30$27,678$5,573
Indiana43$27,533$5,808
Wyoming4$27,202$8,931
South Dakota6$27,167$6,224
Ohio74$26,025$5,402
Minnesota26$25,940$5,896
Maine9$25,728$5,992
Rhode Island7$25,093$6,412
New Mexico10$25,057$6,832
Nebraska12$24,411$5,665
North Carolina48$24,296$5,989
Delaware6$24,047$6,369
Iowa16$23,588$4,935
Utah3$23,567$6,437
West Virginia16$23,286$4,833
Vermont6$22,772$4,226
Michigan47$22,094$5,818
North Dakota5$22,016$5,565
Massachusetts47$18,176$6,911
Montana5$17,119$5,534
Maryland36$13,178$10,286

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.