US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Ohio

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$26,688typical hospital bill
$6,003typical amount paid
$4,686–$8,593range paid across 14 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,688 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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)
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights12$22,338$4,686
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Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights15$24,735$5,243
–$8,535$5,681–$12,535 · 11 plans
West Chester HospitalWest Chester14$25,618$5,462
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Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati11$28,630$5,502
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Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati19$25,986$5,514
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Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown11$29,950$5,603
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Bethesda NorthCincinnati18$18,772$5,871
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Miami Valley HospitalDayton21$29,334$6,135
–$15,218$10,190–$16,707 · 19 plans
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus18$26,300$6,610
–$14,347$13,433–$15,990 · 6 plans
Summa Health SystemAkron22$47,242$6,897
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The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati14$27,077$6,960
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Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo20$52,435$7,559
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Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus11$29,377$8,078
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Grant Medical CenterColumbus11$23,327$8,593
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Akron General Medical CenterAkron––––$8,535$7,586–$12,535 · 11 plans
Cleveland ClinicCleveland––––$13,167$7,955–$20,884 · 14 plans
Euclid HospitalEuclid––––$10,329$6,302–$12,815 · 11 plans
Fairview HospitalCleveland––––$8,535$6,286–$12,535 · 11 plans
Lodi Community HospitalLodi––––$31,200only 1 plan
Lutheran HospitalCleveland––––$10,329$7,347–$12,815 · 11 plans
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights––––$10,329$5,800–$12,815 · 11 plans
Medina HospitalMedina––––$10,329$5,492–$12,815 · 11 plans
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights––––$10,329$6,327–$12,815 · 11 plans
Union HospitalDover––––$8,218$6,424–$20,730 · 6 plans

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.