US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Ohio

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$26,688typical hospital bill
$6,003typical amount paid
$4,686–$8,593range paid across 14 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,688 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights12$22,338$4,686
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights15$24,735$5,243
West Chester HospitalWest Chester14$25,618$5,462
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati11$28,630$5,502
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati19$25,986$5,514
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown11$29,950$5,603
Bethesda NorthCincinnati18$18,772$5,871
Miami Valley HospitalDayton21$29,334$6,135
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus18$26,300$6,610
Summa Health SystemAkron22$47,242$6,897
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati14$27,077$6,960
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo20$52,435$7,559
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus11$29,377$8,078
Grant Medical CenterColumbus11$23,327$8,593

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.