US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Michigan

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$26,466typical hospital bill
$6,810typical amount paid
$5,584–$8,762range paid across 16 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,466 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy29$27,500$5,584
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Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw20$24,930$5,746
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Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte13$26,175$6,227
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Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township19$23,214$6,380
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Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph11$20,951$6,398
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Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor27$27,408$6,404
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McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer11$23,434$6,524
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Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield23$29,297$6,778
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Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson13$26,744$6,841
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Munson Medical CenterTraverse City14$26,188$6,909
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St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia16$36,801$6,965
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Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo12$18,346$7,103
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Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids13$21,335$7,144
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Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac12$26,825$7,266
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Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak42$29,448$7,454
–$9,884$8,998–$14,757 · 10 plans
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield12$45,560$8,762
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Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.