DRG

PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH CC

DRG Code: 187

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Key Metrics

Total Discharges
370
Avg Medicare Payment ($)
$8,118.51
Avg Total Payment ($)
$10,406.98
Avg Covered Charge ($)
$50,023.54
Number of Hospitals
24

Payment Range (Avg Medicare Payment)

Minimum
$5,391.77
25th Percentile
$6,532.55
Median
$7,606.66
75th Percentile
$9,567.55
Maximum
$14,601.55

Top 20 Hospitals by Discharges

Rank Hospital Discharges Avg Medicare Payment
1 Adventhealth Orlando 30 $6,496.53
2 Sarasota Memorial Hospital 24 $6,454.83
3 Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville 19 $6,939.53
4 Lehigh Valley Hospital 19 $7,598.32
5 Nyu Langone Hospitals 18 $11,368.33
6 Naples Community Hospital 17 $5,973.41
7 Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester 16 $9,320.88
8 Cleveland Clinic 16 $7,769.69
9 Mayo Clinic Hospital 15 $7,983.73
10 Christianacare 15 $7,876.27
11 Hca Florida Ocala Hospital 15 $7,034.53
12 Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc 15 $7,306.47
13 West Jersey Hospital 15 $6,472.93
14 Baystate Medical Center 14 $8,284.14
15 South Shore Hospital 14 $7,315.36
16 Beaumont Hospital, Troy 13 $5,971.08
17 Saint Luke's East Hospital 13 $5,391.77
18 New York-Presbyterian Hospital 13 $11,828.69
19 Stanford Health Care 12 $14,320.08
20 Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston Hosp 12 $7,615.00

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Methodology

Data source: Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (DRG) (dataset ID: inpatient-by-drg). Vintage: 2023. Downloaded: 2026-04-13. Rows in source: 146,427.

Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service reports charges and payments for hospital inpatient stays by DRG (Diagnosis Related Group). Payment amounts reflect what Medicare actually paid, while covered charges are the hospital's list price before adjustments.

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