US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 220: Cardiac valve and other major cardiothoracic procedures without cardiac catheterization

$253,496typical hospital bill
$55,303typical amount paid
$38,290–$63,142range paid across 9 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $253,496 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering22$295,490$38,290
Fairview HospitalCleveland12$166,413$43,096
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo42$278,402$44,266
Christ HospitalCincinnati22$216,486$44,834
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus15$273,671$55,303
Cleveland ClinicCleveland245$196,750$56,000
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus43$253,496$59,046
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland32$237,987$59,087
Miami Valley HospitalDayton14$258,062$63,142

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.