US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$25,967typical hospital bill
$6,622typical amount paid
$4,550–$11,325range paid across 55 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,967 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 staysBilledPaid
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta23$19,537$4,550
Lake HealthConcord15$25,586$5,033
Medina HospitalMedina19$27,780$5,061
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon25$23,335$5,140
Parma Community General HospitalParma15$26,077$5,266
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights26$25,669$5,365
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay14$15,028$5,462
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield15$26,004$5,628
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman21$25,594$5,667
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights13$29,261$5,708
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood21$28,443$5,727
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights38$29,195$5,768
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria19$20,306$5,811
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield14$34,573$5,922
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati12$42,470$5,938
Mercy Medical CenterCanton21$20,429$6,014
West Chester HospitalWest Chester19$21,929$6,014
Marion General HospitalMarion14$18,688$6,208
Bethesda NorthCincinnati36$14,921$6,222
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky12$16,842$6,238
Fairview HospitalCleveland17$22,079$6,241
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights15$25,543$6,293
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula12$22,395$6,341
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon15$15,929$6,346
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe11$21,089$6,437
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima38$32,264$6,612
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth16$25,542$6,620
Aultman HospitalCanton23$24,011$6,622
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy17$25,967$6,768
Miami Valley HospitalDayton57$28,894$6,967
Christ HospitalCincinnati24$21,770$7,061
Akron General Medical CenterAkron22$21,793$7,064
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo32$42,509$7,134
Genesis HospitalZanesville17$17,724$7,324
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown11$28,147$7,360
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus53$26,816$7,454
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering21$25,207$7,636
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek18$29,828$7,894
Metrohealth SystemCleveland14$27,277$8,022
Summa Health SystemAkron38$40,116$8,047
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati16$28,392$8,077
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus25$31,206$8,083
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo27$46,490$8,224
Kettering Health DaytonDayton13$32,831$8,330
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus26$23,856$8,638
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati11$12,159$8,729
Grant Medical CenterColumbus19$28,188$8,829
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville22$27,958$8,949
Doctors HospitalColumbus12$26,302$9,021
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo14$30,580$9,350
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake13$23,382$9,497
Cleveland ClinicCleveland49$38,176$9,705
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland13$40,818$10,184
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon12$21,517$10,969
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati15$34,486$11,325

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.