US Health Care Costs

Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheterization in Michigan

MS-DRG 219: Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization

$270,857typical hospital bill
$70,455typical amount paid
$58,182–$102,071range paid across 8 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $270,857 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor12$167,201$58,182
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing11$299,194$65,712
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit17$201,721$66,318
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City25$158,431$67,153
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak38$285,164$73,757
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids32$260,587$89,585
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor117$281,127$97,884
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit13$336,031$102,071

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.