MS‑DRG 070: Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with MCC

What Medicare paid hospitals for MS‑DRG 070 in 2024: nationally, state by state and across hospitals.

Paid per case$14,1490.9× the all-DRG average

Discharges10,9820.22% of all Medicare discharges

Total paid$155.4M101st largest MS‑DRG by spending

Hospitals562in 48 states and DC

Charges ÷ paid5.6×$78,679 average charge

Relative weight1.6093FY2027, 4.4-day geometric mean stay; FY2026 1.6648 (−3.3%)

In 2024 Medicare paid hospitals an average of $14,149 per discharge for MS‑DRG 070, across 10,982 fee-for-service discharges at 562 hospitals: 0.22% of all Medicare inpatient discharges and $155.4M in total, the 101st largest MS‑DRG by Medicare spending.

By state, the average ran from $10,030 in Arkansas to $18,502 in New York. Across hospitals, half were paid between $11,360 and $15,491 per case, and the median hospital $13,157; the payment moves with each hospital’s wage index, teaching and low-income share, and with outlier cases.

Hospitals charged $78,679 on average for these stays, 5.6 times what Medicare paid: charges are list prices, while Medicare pays a fixed amount per MS‑DRG.

See MS‑DRG 070 on the interactive map Price an MS‑DRG 070 claim at any hospital Every MS‑DRG

What changed in FY2027

The rates for discharges from October 1, 2026 (MS‑DRG version 44) against FY2026.

MS‑DRG 070, FY2026 and FY2027
	FY2026	FY2027	Change
Relative weight	1.6648	1.6093	−3.3%
Geometric mean stay (days)	4.5	4.4	−0.1
Average stay (days)	6.3	6.1	−0.2

Not capped: the −3.3% is CMS’s yearly recalibration of every weight from recent claims and cost data.
Name, MDC and transfer status are unchanged.

FY2027 national base payment (illustration)

$11,889.43

The FY2027 weight times the operating standardized amount and the capital rate ($6,848.00 + $539.95) at a wage index of 1.0. No IME, DSH, outlier or other hospital-specific adjustment, so it is not what any hospital is paid; price it at a hospital for that.

FY2027 national base payment across the severity levels of MS‑DRG 070
MS‑DRG	Severity	Payment ($)	Step ($)
070	with MCC	11,889.43	—
071	with CC	7,518.72	−4,370.71
072	without CC/MCC	5,428.67	−6,460.76

FY2027 inpatient rates: what else changed on October 1 · Price MS‑DRG 070 at a hospital

Paid per case, by state

MS‑DRG 070 by state, 2024
State	Paid per case	Discharges	Hospitals	Charges ÷ paid
Maryland*	$21,092	296	17	1.2×
New York	$18,502	703	35	6.4×
Connecticut	$17,623	152	6	4.0×
California	$17,396	1,561	75	6.0×
New Hampshire	$16,301	31	2	5.2×
Massachusetts	$15,678	270	13	2.8×
Oregon	$15,675	74	5	3.8×
Alaska	$15,321	11	1	9.1×
District of Columbia	$15,222	40	2	5.6×
Maine	$15,059	16	1	4.1×
New Jersey	$15,038	197	10	7.0×
Washington	$14,836	219	13	5.3×
Pennsylvania	$14,833	325	18	7.7×
Hawaii	$14,706	26	2	4.7×
New Mexico	$14,574	88	4	3.3×
Vermont	$14,495	23	1	6.6×
Utah	$13,949	65	3	3.6×
Minnesota	$13,905	142	7	5.2×
Arizona	$13,832	188	12	6.6×
Georgia	$13,706	360	23	5.2×
Wisconsin	$13,630	164	7	5.3×
Delaware	$13,566	59	3	4.5×
South Dakota	$13,391	69	3	5.0×
Nevada	$13,345	111	5	7.3×
North Carolina	$13,133	227	13	4.5×
Missouri	$13,065	128	9	5.4×
Michigan	$13,040	241	15	3.4×
Montana	$12,814	29	1	3.1×
Nebraska	$12,792	88	4	5.3×
South Carolina	$12,774	303	14	5.8×
Colorado	$12,628	67	5	9.8×
Louisiana	$12,571	92	6	4.4×
Iowa	$12,413	60	3	5.0×
Texas	$12,378	1,014	48	6.4×
West Virginia	$12,340	40	3	6.5×
Illinois	$12,330	397	24	5.3×
Indiana	$12,286	174	11	4.7×
Kentucky	$12,162	164	8	5.3×
Oklahoma	$12,139	156	7	5.2×
Ohio	$12,134	331	19	5.0×
Florida	$12,069	1,035	45	7.3×
Idaho	$11,988	24	2	4.4×
Virginia	$11,891	256	15	5.1×
Alabama	$11,708	115	6	7.8×
Kansas	$11,622	95	4	7.5×
North Dakota	$11,483	78	4	4.1×
Mississippi	$11,111	183	9	4.9×
Tennessee	$11,018	440	16	4.6×
Arkansas	$10,030	55	3	4.4×
United States	$14,149	10,982	562	5.6×

* Maryland hospitals are paid under the state’s all-payer model, not the IPPS, so Maryland is left out of the state range above.

How much hospitals vary

Each hospital’s own average Medicare payment for MS‑DRG 070.

10th percentile	$10,441
25th percentile	$11,360
Median hospital	$13,157
75th percentile	$15,491
90th percentile	$18,563

Related analysis

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The same condition at other severities

071Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with CC · $8,149

Nearby MS‑DRG numbers

Questions

What did Medicare pay for MS‑DRG 070 in 2024?

An average of $14,149 per discharge across 10,982 fee-for-service discharges at 562 hospitals, $155.4M in total.

Which state paid the most for MS‑DRG 070?

New York, at $18,502 per case; Arkansas paid the least, $10,030.

Where do these figures come from?

From the Medicare Inpatient Hospitals - by Provider and Service (data year 2024): the published hospital-by-DRG averages of Medicare fee-for-service inpatient discharges in 2024. Cells with fewer than 11 discharges are not published, so a hospital with a handful of cases is not counted. Average Medicare payment excludes the patient’s deductible and coinsurance.