US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Michigan

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$21,853typical hospital bill
$6,324typical amount paid
$5,011–$9,093range paid across 20 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,853 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 City18$14,182$5,011
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy29$23,671$5,170
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw11$16,221$5,666
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe13$26,784$5,988
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw13$19,606$5,991
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland12$15,727$6,102
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor29$23,270$6,144
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo12$18,217$6,179
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City12$18,761$6,290
McLaren FlintFlint24$13,532$6,309
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township11$19,819$6,338
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon13$18,597$6,422
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield31$26,559$6,554
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia14$28,547$6,594
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac29$25,050$6,743
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit11$20,436$6,925
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak52$24,321$6,965
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn17$32,966$7,220
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills12$27,303$7,449
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor17$33,512$9,093

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.