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Complications of Treatment with major complications

Medicare DRG 919. What hospitals charge and what Medicare pays, 2024.

Avg hospital charge
$89,221
Avg total payment
$19,702
Avg Medicare pays
$15,901
Hospitals reporting
394

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
Nevada6$164,455$15,512
District of Columbia2$143,763$23,816
California44$139,389$20,905
New York24$128,832$21,632
New Jersey19$125,729$15,502
Texas28$105,099$14,229
Tennessee7$104,771$14,755
Pennsylvania19$103,256$15,020
Kansas5$101,066$12,292
Colorado4$98,555$15,311
West Virginia2$90,977$13,971
Oklahoma7$87,403$13,352
Florida33$83,172$13,198
Wisconsin6$79,335$16,607
Illinois22$76,524$14,859
Washington8$76,380$16,549
Connecticut4$74,913$18,665
Georgia8$74,423$14,889
Alaska1$73,644$14,997
Arizona7$72,636$14,136
North Carolina11$69,661$16,116
Nebraska3$69,433$14,398
New Hampshire1$69,013$17,750
Virginia14$68,814$13,884
Hawaii1$68,312$14,997
Indiana4$67,491$14,517
Alabama3$66,327$12,027
Ohio15$65,552$13,732
Minnesota7$63,099$16,259
South Carolina4$62,708$12,853
Missouri7$60,883$13,964
Rhode Island2$60,305$14,479
Michigan9$54,958$14,824
Iowa4$54,676$11,632
Kentucky2$54,281$13,017
South Dakota1$54,151$13,233
Oregon6$52,794$16,240
Mississippi5$51,491$12,924
Louisiana2$49,746$10,913
Arkansas4$49,727$12,869
Utah2$49,261$14,800
Delaware3$48,480$14,147
Massachusetts14$48,110$17,409
Maine1$46,939$13,842
North Dakota1$45,008$13,127
Idaho2$44,464$13,046
New Mexico2$39,860$14,095
Montana2$37,360$11,359
Maryland6$28,826$23,925

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.