US Health Care Costs

Back problems (no surgery) in Ohio

MS-DRG 552: Medical back problems without mcc

$27,090typical hospital bill
$7,896typical amount paid
$5,818–$11,843range paid across 57 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,090 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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 staysBilledPaid
Medina HospitalMedina11$19,955$5,818
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon26$22,892$6,193
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights49$27,594$6,223
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield15$43,020$6,385
Parma Community General HospitalParma22$29,941$6,486
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights69$27,709$6,514
Lake HealthConcord22$24,998$6,515
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield21$34,188$6,530
Wooster Community HospitalWooster11$16,457$6,589
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood24$26,262$6,652
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati21$32,425$6,680
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria13$25,512$6,719
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin16$31,340$6,749
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman21$25,583$6,847
Mercy Medical CenterCanton22$26,714$6,870
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren13$28,938$6,896
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati19$27,090$6,904
West Chester HospitalWest Chester23$25,225$6,907
Fairview HospitalCleveland56$25,230$7,067
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky25$21,497$7,089
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville25$29,690$7,126
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay13$17,909$7,143
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima17$26,462$7,182
Bethesda NorthCincinnati63$14,819$7,631
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown56$28,976$7,766
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe16$24,451$7,766
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights13$25,482$7,798
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek14$36,535$7,816
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati32$23,954$7,896
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta14$26,159$7,983
Genesis HospitalZanesville20$26,350$8,020
Akron General Medical CenterAkron55$29,784$8,030
Christ HospitalCincinnati28$25,280$8,056
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield31$32,060$8,096
Aultman HospitalCanton33$25,832$8,135
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin25$24,831$8,241
Miami Valley HospitalDayton84$36,914$8,265
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering62$48,748$8,328
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus125$27,889$8,466
Marion General HospitalMarion12$23,041$8,521
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville18$20,808$8,756
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus37$43,107$8,795
Summa Health SystemAkron32$39,069$8,914
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo54$52,470$9,113
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk13$14,919$9,191
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima35$45,206$9,237
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo56$53,089$9,277
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati19$19,605$9,347
Kettering Health DaytonDayton26$40,230$9,383
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus59$35,871$9,890
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo14$37,903$10,256
Grant Medical CenterColumbus74$26,555$10,279
Cleveland ClinicCleveland32$31,441$10,875
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake19$25,116$11,123
Metrohealth SystemCleveland22$39,967$11,241
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland37$39,582$11,557
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati30$36,664$11,843

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.