MS‑DRG 371: Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with MCC

What Medicare paid hospitals for MS‑DRG 371 in 2024: nationally, state by state and across hospitals.

Paid per case$13,8870.9× the all-DRG average

Discharges5,4010.11% of all Medicare discharges

Total paid$75.0M160th largest MS‑DRG by spending

Hospitals313in 44 states and DC

Charges ÷ paid5.9×$82,174 average charge

Relative weight1.7089FY2027, 5.1-day geometric mean stay; FY2026 1.7731 (−3.6%)

In 2024 Medicare paid hospitals an average of $13,887 per discharge for MS‑DRG 371, across 5,401 fee-for-service discharges at 313 hospitals: 0.11% of all Medicare inpatient discharges and $75.0M in total, the 160th largest MS‑DRG by Medicare spending.

By state, the average ran from $9,727 in Alabama to $18,142 in New York. Across hospitals, half were paid between $11,299 and $15,260 per case, and the median hospital $12,948; the payment moves with each hospital’s wage index, teaching and low-income share, and with outlier cases.

Hospitals charged $82,174 on average for these stays, 5.9 times what Medicare paid: charges are list prices, while Medicare pays a fixed amount per MS‑DRG.

See MS‑DRG 371 on the interactive map Price an MS‑DRG 371 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 371, FY2026 and FY2027
	FY2026	FY2027	Change
Relative weight	1.7731	1.7089	−3.6%
Geometric mean stay (days)	5.2	5.1	−0.1
Average stay (days)	6.9	6.7	−0.2

Not capped: the −3.6% 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)

$12,625.27

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 371
MS‑DRG	Severity	Payment ($)	Step ($)
371	with MCC	12,625.27	—
372	with CC	7,361.35	−5,263.92
373	without CC/MCC	5,127.98	−7,497.29

FY2027 inpatient rates: what else changed on October 1 · Price MS‑DRG 371 at a hospital

Paid per case, by state

MS‑DRG 371 by state, 2024
State	Paid per case	Discharges	Hospitals	Charges ÷ paid
Maryland*	$21,050	110	6	1.2×
New York	$18,142	402	17	7.8×
New Hampshire	$17,123	17	1	3.7×
California	$17,104	478	33	7.7×
Connecticut	$16,848	66	4	4.1×
Oregon	$16,467	24	2	2.9×
District of Columbia	$15,980	12	1	7.4×
Hawaii	$15,430	12	1	7.0×
Massachusetts	$15,350	315	16	3.1×
Colorado	$15,248	16	1	8.2×
Minnesota	$15,144	71	3	3.6×
Washington	$14,920	63	4	4.9×
New Jersey	$14,543	199	12	8.1×
Wisconsin	$14,301	103	6	4.9×
Pennsylvania	$14,283	135	9	6.8×
Delaware	$14,130	38	2	4.7×
North Dakota	$13,968	27	2	3.4×
Utah	$13,943	25	2	3.6×
Rhode Island	$13,920	11	1	3.5×
Nevada	$13,833	109	8	12.4×
North Carolina	$13,593	197	12	4.1×
South Dakota	$13,415	48	3	5.1×
Michigan	$13,284	72	5	4.8×
Arizona	$13,236	119	6	5.4×
Tennessee	$13,210	82	5	5.9×
Georgia	$12,873	112	7	5.7×
Illinois	$12,665	335	19	5.0×
Oklahoma	$12,500	138	6	6.0×
Nebraska	$12,346	56	3	3.9×
Virginia	$12,239	129	8	5.0×
New Mexico	$12,142	44	3	5.7×
Missouri	$12,120	237	12	4.7×
Kansas	$12,110	63	3	10.6×
Florida	$12,083	444	22	6.3×
Texas	$12,070	353	20	7.7×
Indiana	$12,050	111	7	4.8×
South Carolina	$11,860	62	3	5.2×
Louisiana	$11,686	60	4	6.6×
Ohio	$11,508	158	11	5.7×
Iowa	$11,377	59	4	4.6×
Kentucky	$11,168	72	4	5.7×
Arkansas	$10,545	63	5	3.1×
Mississippi	$10,436	119	8	4.5×
West Virginia	$10,254	11	1	7.0×
Alabama	$9,727	24	1	5.0×
United States	$13,887	5,401	313	5.9×

* 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 371.

10th percentile	$10,226
25th percentile	$11,299
Median hospital	$12,948
75th percentile	$15,260
90th percentile	$17,707

Related analysis

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DRG validation and the single-MCC claim: when one code moves the payment · Payment integrity

The same condition at other severities

372Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with CC · $7,767

Nearby MS‑DRG numbers

Questions

What did Medicare pay for MS‑DRG 371 in 2024?

An average of $13,887 per discharge across 5,401 fee-for-service discharges at 313 hospitals, $75.0M in total.

Which state paid the most for MS‑DRG 371?

New York, at $18,142 per case; Alabama paid the least, $9,727.

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.