US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$45,665typical hospital bill
$13,868typical amount paid
$9,779–$24,997range paid across 53 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,665 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Holland HospitalHolland17$33,233$9,779
McLaren Bay RegionBay City74$39,366$10,544
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy115$55,606$11,148
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron74$35,695$11,190
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield59$39,856$11,419
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe27$46,509$11,673
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw21$50,200$11,962
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw29$38,372$11,977
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian18$32,325$12,513
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton55$65,380$12,597
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte152$52,184$12,803
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester75$40,529$12,873
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor22$47,210$13,166
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph23$39,542$13,176
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township57$89,199$13,181
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland49$31,724$13,317
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey55$29,305$13,392
McLaren FlintFlint169$35,980$13,406
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo41$36,963$13,553
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe29$38,874$13,557
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo93$46,416$13,561
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer35$36,981$13,561
McLaren MacombMount Clemens79$39,279$13,639
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township193$36,394$13,640
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren216$45,838$13,665
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor68$45,098$13,720
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield124$49,028$13,868
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette51$58,190$14,041
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City45$45,665$14,125
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing50$58,087$14,192
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia46$42,816$14,199
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac91$42,479$14,267
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson59$54,566$14,304
Garden City HospitalGarden City45$43,951$14,319
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena17$30,061$14,325
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne25$73,234$14,356
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn79$71,357$14,357
Hurley Medical CenterFlint35$48,480$14,367
McLaren Greater LansingLansing26$37,574$14,451
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon33$47,485$14,612
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc63$51,358$14,811
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit71$46,083$15,034
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak76$56,055$15,058
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids33$43,118$15,184
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills44$53,643$15,368
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit61$74,693$15,909
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids55$43,949$16,017
McLaren OaklandPontiac29$31,719$16,445
Detroit Receiving HospitalDetroit32$105,473$18,408
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming28$39,512$20,234
Harper University HospitalDetroit35$74,103$20,590
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit33$73,469$23,548
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor30$100,617$24,997

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.