US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Michigan

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$23,560typical hospital bill
$7,025typical amount paid
$5,278–$12,782range paid across 51 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,560 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
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron19$17,966$5,278
McLaren Bay RegionBay City22$17,146$5,479
Chelsea HospitalChelsea17$31,286$5,624
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy90$24,962$5,629
Holland HospitalHolland16$18,878$5,944
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw51$20,373$5,999
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield28$23,438$6,215
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe24$32,442$6,323
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township20$28,499$6,371
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland26$17,272$6,394
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester13$17,279$6,479
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey18$16,223$6,488
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek34$25,456$6,495
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton15$29,848$6,609
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte32$28,411$6,682
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer13$15,819$6,795
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon33$24,782$6,810
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian11$29,498$6,818
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor13$26,197$6,831
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City21$24,418$6,840
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor78$25,600$6,877
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord12$18,528$6,887
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph31$21,106$6,911
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe17$17,980$7,014
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren27$22,104$7,024
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township58$18,791$7,025
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn46$27,037$7,033
McLaren MacombMount Clemens27$20,107$7,043
McLaren FlintFlint26$21,087$7,116
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo43$22,186$7,146
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson49$29,649$7,168
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield58$25,812$7,199
McLaren Greater LansingLansing19$15,966$7,265
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc17$23,692$7,297
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac41$20,857$7,324
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming20$17,867$7,357
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne16$33,184$7,377
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak92$24,347$7,498
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia77$24,729$7,504
Garden City HospitalGarden City14$20,741$7,509
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing32$41,329$7,528
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit43$20,069$7,743
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids70$22,422$7,791
Spectrum Health United HospitalGreenville19$11,665$7,945
Hurley Medical CenterFlint13$26,734$8,041
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills29$23,560$8,066
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids13$17,419$8,206
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit12$41,374$8,746
Detroit Receiving HospitalDetroit14$57,161$10,150
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor64$37,444$10,872
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit47$29,451$12,782

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.