Average Length of Stay, Charges and Costs by Hospital Size

Here is a list of the average length of stay, charges and costs for hospitals by hospital size, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 national statistics.

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Hospital size Average length of stay Average charges Average costs
Small 4.3 $20,985 $8,588
Medium 4.4 $24,041 $7,959
Large 4.7 $27,879 $8,983
All hospitals 4.6 $26,120 $8,692

Read HCUP’s guidelines for determining hospital size here.

Source: AHRQ HCUPnet.

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