What does the national and state 25th Percentile - 75th Percentile range mean?

September 20, 2009 by admin

The state and national amounts are shown as the range of payments (between the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile). This is the middle range of payments for the most typical cases treated in the area for the DRG. The information doesn't include unusually low payments for cases such as those for a patient who was transferred to another facility before being fully treated. It also doesn't include unusually high payments for cases that are more complex and costly to treat than for most cases in the DRG. Only one number appears in this field when the 25th and 75th percentiles are the same.