US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Michigan

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$21,231typical hospital bill
$7,833typical amount paid
$6,042–$11,767range paid across 47 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,231 for this stay in 2024, about 2.7 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 City26$18,000$6,042
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron11$15,696$6,219
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy135$21,924$6,393
Chelsea HospitalChelsea29$15,791$6,453
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek27$21,275$6,517
Memorial HealthcareOwosso12$36,747$6,580
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield41$21,231$6,601
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw40$22,928$6,742
Holland HospitalHolland11$26,338$6,774
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe32$22,685$6,837
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte16$18,695$7,175
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon14$20,031$7,183
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester28$19,280$7,278
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township11$27,729$7,295
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey15$21,247$7,336
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor78$19,595$7,400
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township64$21,804$7,481
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor24$31,512$7,528
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland24$16,064$7,619
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton32$31,235$7,622
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer15$24,479$7,701
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph16$18,171$7,796
McLaren MacombMount Clemens13$15,719$7,830
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo57$20,154$7,833
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson18$31,683$7,847
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City39$19,666$7,875
McLaren FlintFlint30$17,663$7,926
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc17$16,996$7,939
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren32$19,498$8,012
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn32$27,964$8,048
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield48$20,678$8,084
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit25$12,903$8,191
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia40$19,358$8,229
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing25$26,628$8,272
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac46$23,676$8,318
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe12$18,790$8,337
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak95$23,475$8,388
Hurley Medical CenterFlint26$19,054$8,401
McLaren Greater LansingLansing27$25,286$8,430
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne13$21,517$8,440
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids16$18,924$8,672
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills27$27,022$8,890
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids54$17,123$9,155
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell19$15,836$9,598
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit15$36,980$9,862
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor45$26,609$10,488
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit37$22,778$11,767

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.