US Health Care Costs

Ecmo or Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Nec in Michigan

MS-DRG 003: Ecmo or tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and nec

$708,484typical hospital bill
$222,119typical amount paid
$150,058–$371,256range paid across 6 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $708,484 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak15$614,895$150,058
Detroit Receiving HospitalDetroit11$802,073$186,881
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids25$608,285$214,847
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit38$553,036$229,391
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor28$1,095,670$312,638
Harper University HospitalDetroit13$1,910,874$371,256

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.