US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$38,483typical hospital bill
$10,280typical amount paid
$7,195–$17,864range paid across 75 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,483 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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 HospitalMarietta20$28,417$7,195
Medina HospitalMedina23$31,187$8,032
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights26$26,530$8,050
Lake HealthConcord33$37,740$8,251
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria17$27,739$8,559
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati32$43,377$8,634
Parma Community General HospitalParma25$34,887$8,638
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights40$40,883$8,659
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon31$28,696$8,804
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna23$32,363$8,846
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky16$17,429$8,906
Wooster Community HospitalWooster13$22,783$8,938
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren21$37,787$8,956
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood32$36,669$8,961
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay25$28,101$8,972
Mercy Medical CenterCanton24$43,102$9,052
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield38$26,687$9,099
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia12$39,299$9,167
Aultman HospitalCanton25$30,487$9,216
Union HospitalDover14$41,488$9,251
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield54$51,991$9,261
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain20$60,471$9,349
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield24$47,061$9,372
Euclid HospitalEuclid11$31,718$9,421
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool16$22,625$9,427
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima24$27,748$9,668
Fairview HospitalCleveland30$32,950$9,708
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy20$40,308$9,764
Bethesda NorthCincinnati53$34,880$9,843
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman56$48,277$9,854
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin24$49,228$9,888
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark24$34,846$9,939
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville23$40,003$9,971
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton19$39,463$9,998
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights44$37,766$10,023
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster33$23,804$10,024
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati28$46,741$10,129
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima44$52,589$10,280
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula14$20,813$10,292
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown47$32,694$10,299
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe20$38,483$10,316
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville12$25,001$10,320
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin23$33,466$10,435
Memorial HospitalMarysville16$20,818$10,505
Christ HospitalCincinnati41$34,306$10,532
Marion General HospitalMarion38$38,373$10,534
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights29$50,927$10,694
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering48$42,147$10,766
Miami Valley HospitalDayton97$48,062$10,811
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth24$31,306$10,879
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo40$73,273$10,903
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek26$47,827$10,946
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus35$53,185$10,955
Akron General Medical CenterAkron28$40,908$10,991
Genesis HospitalZanesville41$31,210$11,312
West Chester HospitalWest Chester23$55,860$11,374
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati47$47,524$11,507
Kettering Health DaytonDayton32$48,183$11,511
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg17$45,675$11,987
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati36$33,232$12,050
Grant Medical CenterColumbus35$42,062$12,092
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk11$21,026$12,700
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo73$77,761$12,883
Doctors HospitalColumbus28$43,308$12,926
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus51$45,799$13,099
Metrohealth SystemCleveland34$44,224$13,147
Summa Health SystemAkron84$87,032$13,402
Coshocton Regional Medical CenterCoshocton14$30,347$13,816
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake29$32,605$14,823
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo20$71,719$15,057
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon16$27,002$15,372
Cleveland ClinicCleveland57$69,812$15,595
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati29$46,396$16,309
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus54$43,740$16,347
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland36$70,804$17,864

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.