US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Ohio

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

$24,932typical hospital bill
$6,410typical amount paid
$4,109–$10,631range paid across 78 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,932 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 HospitalMarietta22$20,476$4,109
Medina HospitalMedina29$25,636$4,984
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon31$20,998$5,017
Mercy Medical CenterCanton17$27,271$5,272
Lake HealthConcord35$26,714$5,322
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay39$17,964$5,366
Parma Community General HospitalParma32$26,798$5,382
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria22$25,428$5,487
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood35$21,304$5,494
Wooster Community HospitalWooster18$11,861$5,533
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy26$31,180$5,566
Kettering Health TroyTroy11$27,063$5,585
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield28$24,860$5,649
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights61$25,462$5,663
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati49$29,495$5,686
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati34$30,161$5,689
West Chester HospitalWest Chester39$23,077$5,690
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights21$18,939$5,751
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield23$21,639$5,775
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield32$36,769$5,781
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima31$24,183$5,823
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain15$30,148$5,842
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown53$30,690$5,847
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis12$20,768$5,853
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin29$26,376$5,883
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights24$22,914$5,887
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman57$22,988$5,893
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland13$13,242$5,898
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark27$21,228$5,935
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia20$33,839$5,937
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren27$30,535$5,985
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky42$14,814$6,037
Marion General HospitalMarion23$20,372$6,071
Fairview HospitalCleveland31$24,193$6,086
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula21$17,037$6,138
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton21$24,613$6,242
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin13$27,919$6,399
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe25$25,004$6,406
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville13$27,230$6,408
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima47$36,217$6,412
Bethesda NorthCincinnati46$16,486$6,468
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren11$37,948$6,476
Euclid HospitalEuclid16$20,742$6,490
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster33$19,958$6,495
Christ HospitalCincinnati30$21,054$6,544
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek32$32,690$6,622
Wilson Memorial HospitalSidney15$21,856$6,637
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights21$26,572$6,644
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth23$20,451$6,692
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin17$21,678$6,707
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati32$21,662$6,778
Miami Valley HospitalDayton70$30,344$6,827
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus38$23,778$6,854
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool12$20,917$6,859
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering44$31,498$6,861
Akron General Medical CenterAkron28$23,450$6,929
Aultman HospitalCanton23$20,460$7,042
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo34$44,985$7,044
Genesis HospitalZanesville17$18,649$7,169
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville14$18,184$7,259
Summa Health SystemAkron74$49,781$7,300
Kettering Health DaytonDayton23$39,121$7,563
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk16$14,135$7,650
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus31$33,714$7,843
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo80$52,256$7,888
Memorial HospitalMarysville11$17,971$7,914
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati19$23,943$8,005
Summa Western Reserve HospitalCuyahoga Falls18$46,572$8,298
Grant Medical CenterColumbus17$28,134$8,713
Doctors HospitalColumbus30$31,131$8,822
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland29$31,616$8,958
Metrohealth SystemCleveland11$37,724$8,987
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo26$31,699$9,043
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus31$30,907$9,144
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake27$21,574$9,255
Cleveland ClinicCleveland68$46,848$10,084
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon17$22,661$10,274
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati47$30,432$10,631

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.