DRG

MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC

DRG Code: 551

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Key Metrics

Total Discharges
8,452
Avg Medicare Payment ($)
$12,947.50
Avg Total Payment ($)
$15,774.80
Avg Covered Charge ($)
$81,158.93
Number of Hospitals
450

Payment Range (Avg Medicare Payment)

Minimum
$7,780.89
25th Percentile
$10,574.29
Median
$11,806.13
75th Percentile
$13,840.55
Maximum
$40,886.29

Top 20 Hospitals by Discharges

Rank Hospital Discharges Avg Medicare Payment
1 Adventhealth Orlando 105 $10,210.50
2 Nyu Langone Hospitals 78 $18,859.29
3 New York-Presbyterian Hospital 76 $19,185.37
4 Lehigh Valley Hospital 64 $16,858.25
5 Christianacare 58 $12,890.93
6 North Shore University Hospital 55 $16,974.11
7 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 48 $16,776.98
8 Yale-New Haven Hospital 46 $17,671.85
9 Morristown Medical Center 44 $13,334.77
10 Huntington Hospital 44 $12,084.30
11 Delray Medical Center 43 $8,131.72
12 South Shore Hospital 43 $11,031.19
13 Vanderbilt University Medical Center 42 $15,122.48
14 Stony Brook University Hospital 41 $17,240.05
15 Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center 40 $11,612.83
16 Albany Medical Center Hospital 40 $12,095.95
17 Deaconess Hospital Inc 39 $9,979.31
18 Mercy Hospital St Louis 37 $10,646.78
19 Southern California Hospital At Hollywood 36 $14,413.86
20 Saint Francis Medical Center 36 $11,822.31

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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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