US Health Care Costs

University of Michigan Health - West

5900 Byron Center Avenue, SW, Wyoming, MI 49519 · (616) 252-7200

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.5Mnet income, all sources
−6.3%margin on patient care alone
$4.8Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$16.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
202beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

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

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871111$37,789$15,632
Respiratory failure 18968$29,060$11,800
Heart attack, with major complications 28028$39,512$20,234
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37824$25,003$9,083
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$35,171$13,410
Sepsis 87223$23,672$9,160
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45522$132,023$47,601
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46021$115,350$30,419
Heart failure, with major complications 29120$26,336$11,718
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$17,867$7,357
Heart attack, with complications 28119$31,563$8,801
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$23,032$8,816
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06518$41,134$11,484
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$26,159$11,660
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Without Cc/Mcc 06616$27,665$7,087
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 47216$79,860$29,735
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28615$50,873$18,984
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45415$180,525$57,364
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$109,982$36,537
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$28,811$14,394
Cervical Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 47314$62,860$23,043
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48114$58,181$17,789
Stroke, with major complications 06413$62,318$18,159
Heart stent 32213$74,670$16,318
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$58,732$18,002
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$40,120$12,668
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$19,493$7,511

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".