MS‑DRG 071: Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with CC

What Medicare paid hospitals for MS‑DRG 071 in 2024: nationally, state by state and across hospitals.

Paid per case$8,1490.5× the all-DRG average

Discharges10,5220.21% of all Medicare discharges

Total paid$85.7M143rd largest MS‑DRG by spending

Hospitals534in 47 states and DC

Charges ÷ paid6.2×$50,714 average charge

Relative weight1.0177FY2027, 3.2-day geometric mean stay; FY2026 1.0260 (−0.8%)

In 2024 Medicare paid hospitals an average of $8,149 per discharge for MS‑DRG 071, across 10,522 fee-for-service discharges at 534 hospitals: 0.21% of all Medicare inpatient discharges and $85.7M in total, the 143rd largest MS‑DRG by Medicare spending.

By state, the average ran from $6,035 in Arkansas to $10,389 in California. Across hospitals, half were paid between $6,703 and $8,887 per case, and the median hospital $7,623; the payment moves with each hospital’s wage index, teaching and low-income share, and with outlier cases.

Hospitals charged $50,714 on average for these stays, 6.2 times what Medicare paid: charges are list prices, while Medicare pays a fixed amount per MS‑DRG.

See MS‑DRG 071 on the interactive map Price an MS‑DRG 071 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 071, FY2026 and FY2027
	FY2026	FY2027	Change
Relative weight	1.0260	1.0177	−0.8%
Geometric mean stay (days)	3.3	3.2	−0.1
Average stay (days)	4.4	4.3	−0.1

Not capped: the −0.8% 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)

$7,518.72

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 071
MS‑DRG	Severity	Payment ($)	Step ($)
070	with MCC	11,889.43	+4,370.71
071	with CC	7,518.72	—
072	without CC/MCC	5,428.67	−2,090.05

FY2027 inpatient rates: what else changed on October 1 · Price MS‑DRG 071 at a hospital

Paid per case, by state

MS‑DRG 071 by state, 2024
State	Paid per case	Discharges	Hospitals	Charges ÷ paid
Maryland*	$11,939	464	19	1.2×
California	$10,389	1,263	61	7.3×
New York	$9,549	673	28	6.9×
Georgia	$8,897	401	23	4.9×
Nevada	$8,689	80	5	9.1×
Massachusetts	$8,562	231	13	3.0×
New Mexico	$8,523	37	2	3.1×
Connecticut	$8,439	129	7	5.1×
Washington	$8,290	105	7	6.6×
Maine	$8,006	19	1	4.0×
Utah	$7,930	50	4	4.2×
New Jersey	$7,804	227	11	9.9×
Texas	$7,788	971	45	6.5×
Minnesota	$7,739	104	6	5.0×
Wisconsin	$7,660	94	5	6.6×
Pennsylvania	$7,652	392	22	8.0×
New Hampshire	$7,642	29	2	7.5×
Delaware	$7,590	92	3	4.8×
Michigan	$7,531	177	11	4.0×
Oregon	$7,512	50	3	4.8×
North Dakota	$7,474	34	1	4.0×
Missouri	$7,436	147	9	6.0×
North Carolina	$7,435	287	16	5.3×
Illinois	$7,409	299	19	6.4×
Florida	$7,403	1,060	47	7.7×
Indiana	$7,394	268	14	5.0×
Arizona	$7,358	181	10	8.0×
Ohio	$7,286	294	15	5.5×
Montana	$7,244	30	2	3.0×
Idaho	$7,206	24	2	5.2×
Kansas	$7,176	136	7	9.2×
Virginia	$7,154	289	17	5.8×
South Dakota	$7,103	69	3	7.6×
Colorado	$7,086	82	6	13.3×
Oklahoma	$7,058	100	5	4.6×
South Carolina	$7,035	297	14	7.5×
Hawaii	$6,970	13	1	7.1×
Alabama	$6,947	133	8	7.5×
District of Columbia	$6,920	17	1	6.2×
Louisiana	$6,843	140	8	6.6×
Nebraska	$6,803	89	3	5.0×
Vermont	$6,798	17	1	7.6×
Kentucky	$6,678	177	10	6.5×
Mississippi	$6,599	167	8	5.7×
West Virginia	$6,514	71	5	5.4×
Tennessee	$6,391	396	18	5.2×
Iowa	$6,323	56	3	7.7×
Arkansas	$6,035	61	3	5.7×
United States	$8,149	10,522	534	6.2×

* 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 071.

10th percentile	$6,030
25th percentile	$6,703
Median hospital	$7,623
75th percentile	$8,887
90th percentile	$10,245

Related analysis

Transfers and the per-diem rule: when a short stay pays less than the full DRG · Inpatient DRG
DRG validation and the single-MCC claim: when one code moves the payment · Payment integrity

The same condition at other severities

070Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with MCC · $14,149

Nearby MS‑DRG numbers

Questions

What did Medicare pay for MS‑DRG 071 in 2024?

An average of $8,149 per discharge across 10,522 fee-for-service discharges at 534 hospitals, $85.7M in total.

Which state paid the most for MS‑DRG 071?

California, at $10,389 per case; Arkansas paid the least, $6,035.

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.