US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis Without Mc in Michigan

MS-DRG 024: Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis without mc

$121,251typical hospital bill
$34,381typical amount paid
$32,353–$40,145range paid across 4 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $121,251 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
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo12$54,920$32,353
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids19$148,714$33,170
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor12$93,788$35,592
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor15$177,311$40,145

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.