US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$28,720typical hospital bill
$9,696typical amount paid
$7,526–$17,310range paid across 52 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,720 for this stay in 2024, about 3.0 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 City42$26,234$7,526
Oaklawn HospitalMarshall12$29,813$7,848
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy106$39,923$7,887
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw15$28,749$7,896
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron55$26,626$7,922
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield29$33,680$8,135
Chelsea HospitalChelsea11$18,600$8,516
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe43$31,033$8,546
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek41$33,274$8,633
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester20$28,394$8,893
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor43$38,893$9,119
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton55$39,369$9,139
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe18$26,360$9,162
Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac12$25,867$9,222
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte52$38,043$9,227
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo53$30,305$9,261
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland23$22,735$9,338
Corewell Health Big Rapids HospitalBig Rapids12$16,784$9,382
Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch11$15,589$9,395
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena11$20,563$9,430
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma13$20,747$9,496
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon14$23,619$9,503
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor72$35,644$9,528
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne20$42,147$9,572
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn81$38,490$9,679
McLaren MacombMount Clemens25$24,180$9,684
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph35$28,032$9,709
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing61$44,120$9,745
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City21$26,041$9,755
McLaren FlintFlint29$22,628$9,764
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer12$22,954$9,874
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette12$38,071$9,885
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren32$30,478$9,894
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord13$19,035$9,930
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township48$28,691$9,962
Spectrum Health United HospitalGreenville21$17,626$9,995
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc12$29,001$10,008
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac38$30,866$10,108
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia45$28,648$10,121
Hurley Medical CenterFlint20$37,795$10,245
Hillsdale HospitalHillsdale12$25,845$10,316
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak93$41,288$10,532
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling13$26,821$10,542
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield34$38,499$10,612
McLaren Greater LansingLansing14$30,803$10,629
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit15$24,396$10,660
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids15$20,001$10,711
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids55$30,431$11,105
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills51$48,278$11,611
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell23$29,328$11,668
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit33$27,905$14,496
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor31$63,051$17,310

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.