US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Ohio

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$24,121typical hospital bill
$7,128typical amount paid
$5,542–$11,266range paid across 74 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,121 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta15$22,111$5,542
Lake HealthConcord39$21,339$5,642
Parma Community General HospitalParma47$24,064$5,889
Medina HospitalMedina50$25,483$5,916
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon40$26,943$5,932
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna12$22,178$5,951
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights59$20,376$6,148
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood34$18,881$6,162
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights88$23,169$6,167
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay22$11,867$6,175
Wooster Community HospitalWooster22$11,172$6,212
West Chester HospitalWest Chester40$17,880$6,262
McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford15$18,465$6,273
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria23$24,355$6,297
Mercy Medical CenterCanton39$21,922$6,337
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati13$19,696$6,420
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark23$17,705$6,518
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman19$23,546$6,523
Euclid HospitalEuclid16$23,618$6,555
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima18$24,723$6,596
Marion General HospitalMarion14$17,143$6,631
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights27$26,915$6,637
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy13$26,394$6,679
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland11$14,092$6,680
Avita OntarioOntario11$26,433$6,699
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati32$26,917$6,747
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield50$25,371$6,773
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown19$26,209$6,785
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky36$18,495$6,958
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield17$35,291$6,965
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg17$32,755$6,998
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia20$23,013$7,010
Bethesda NorthCincinnati42$15,312$7,014
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula29$21,026$7,038
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin22$22,371$7,065
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster20$17,686$7,080
Fairview HospitalCleveland46$24,293$7,081
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe18$33,495$7,176
Miami Valley HospitalDayton54$24,266$7,200
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin11$20,066$7,208
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton25$29,466$7,234
Christ HospitalCincinnati35$22,699$7,418
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati19$21,989$7,453
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville34$37,867$7,491
Lutheran HospitalCleveland19$32,472$7,599
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren12$39,224$7,669
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering23$29,053$7,669
Aultman HospitalCanton23$22,905$7,700
Grand Lake Health SystemSaint Marys15$15,818$7,710
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek25$32,578$7,764
Akron General Medical CenterAkron49$24,177$7,787
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus52$23,316$7,821
Genesis HospitalZanesville19$17,303$7,898
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo46$46,456$7,936
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights24$25,707$7,941
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville11$21,924$8,371
Summa Health SystemAkron49$39,827$8,386
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima18$52,442$8,468
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk15$18,118$8,866
Doctors HospitalColumbus19$22,338$8,913
Metrohealth SystemCleveland21$30,372$9,068
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus26$35,706$9,156
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo60$35,006$9,168
Coshocton Regional Medical CenterCoshocton14$31,274$9,221
Kettering Health DaytonDayton16$38,009$9,557
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo14$34,388$9,641
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus51$27,292$9,690
Grant Medical CenterColumbus38$29,110$9,873
Summa Western Reserve HospitalCuyahoga Falls18$68,394$9,975
Cleveland ClinicCleveland58$32,032$10,356
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake26$22,249$10,411
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland17$28,547$10,425
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati21$20,996$10,490
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon33$19,734$11,266

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.