US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$38,065typical hospital bill
$7,452typical amount paid
$4,839–$12,341range paid across 56 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,065 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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 HospitalMarietta23$31,697$4,839
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon12$21,904$5,987
Wooster Community HospitalWooster13$15,919$6,159
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights15$30,129$6,203
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay14$31,387$6,217
Lake HealthConcord20$34,502$6,256
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman11$30,752$6,266
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati18$39,525$6,330
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy14$46,027$6,337
Parma Community General HospitalParma22$41,909$6,431
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield14$33,376$6,439
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville11$50,814$6,456
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren19$33,278$6,496
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights33$46,298$6,563
Mercy Medical CenterCanton27$38,199$6,624
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati17$47,286$6,628
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield13$32,898$6,631
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton15$46,411$6,639
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis18$26,424$6,682
West Chester HospitalWest Chester14$46,568$6,776
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria16$46,819$6,821
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin11$40,433$6,871
Marion General HospitalMarion36$26,462$6,914
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren14$39,446$7,370
Christ HospitalCincinnati27$32,294$7,391
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky16$27,886$7,418
Akron General Medical CenterAkron21$47,576$7,421
Bethesda NorthCincinnati30$35,113$7,428
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown26$40,232$7,476
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe43$37,391$7,538
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek24$45,510$7,543
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood18$41,134$7,550
Fairview HospitalCleveland31$36,567$7,590
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering17$38,339$7,724
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus18$44,406$7,768
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville17$25,700$7,918
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo32$62,397$8,002
Miami Valley HospitalDayton46$49,918$8,064
Genesis HospitalZanesville35$31,630$8,231
Aultman HospitalCanton33$31,663$8,254
Kettering Health DaytonDayton21$46,197$8,417
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark13$27,640$8,451
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus24$35,452$8,618
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth18$32,155$8,824
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo48$68,077$8,860
Summa Health SystemAkron13$75,060$9,323
Doctors HospitalColumbus11$35,455$9,449
Metrohealth SystemCleveland18$37,932$9,635
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima15$43,544$9,677
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus24$36,438$9,842
Grant Medical CenterColumbus12$47,811$10,459
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake20$35,753$10,835
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland11$41,454$11,213
Cleveland ClinicCleveland41$61,100$11,610
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon17$35,757$11,719
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati15$52,424$12,341

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.