US Health Care Costs

Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) in Ohio

MS-DRG 274: Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without mcc

$115,512typical hospital bill
$25,195typical amount paid
$16,975–$32,566range paid across 32 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $115,512 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
Metrohealth SystemCleveland18$75,960$16,975
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights22$87,122$21,306
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin52$66,343$22,572
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield67$142,500$23,079
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield54$126,843$23,226
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster14$63,046$23,327
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima23$98,380$23,393
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield62$152,152$23,480
Christ HospitalCincinnati75$140,209$23,615
Bethesda NorthCincinnati186$80,263$23,666
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus43$95,893$23,909
Fairview HospitalCleveland26$97,610$24,068
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima62$149,411$24,143
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville22$50,215$24,526
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati20$138,540$24,900
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo82$131,774$25,188
Miami Valley HospitalDayton108$72,864$25,201
Aultman HospitalCanton48$128,470$25,591
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus145$130,635$25,646
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering110$106,581$25,878
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown20$171,298$25,951
Summa Health SystemAkron19$219,318$26,424
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo14$230,121$26,450
Genesis HospitalZanesville111$78,613$27,435
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo12$114,951$27,997
Kettering Health DaytonDayton48$100,576$28,055
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus121$89,865$28,464
Grant Medical CenterColumbus32$129,646$28,671
Cleveland ClinicCleveland140$116,132$29,419
Akron General Medical CenterAkron18$116,072$29,899
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland161$97,281$30,545
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati37$119,641$32,566

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.