US Health Care Costs

Carotid Artery Stent Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Michigan

MS-DRG 036: Carotid artery stent procedures without cc/mcc

$48,832typical hospital bill
$14,722typical amount paid
$12,252–$18,216range paid across 6 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,832 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
McLaren Bay RegionBay City13$48,616$12,252
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw13$40,071$13,471
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo11$49,048$14,489
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo13$61,564$14,955
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland27$41,625$15,153
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit18$58,283$18,216

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.