US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in Ohio

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

$53,005typical hospital bill
$12,502typical amount paid
$8,816–$20,603range paid across 70 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $53,005 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta61$44,646$8,816
Lake HealthConcord37$53,604$9,122
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon15$41,606$9,367
Medina HospitalMedina17$51,331$9,404
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay29$28,890$9,493
Wooster Community HospitalWooster16$17,411$9,641
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman22$45,249$9,738
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights34$36,324$10,025
Parma Community General HospitalParma37$40,695$10,240
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria21$56,288$10,473
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati22$53,142$10,474
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood18$54,063$10,481
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield18$51,633$10,538
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis28$36,105$10,655
West Chester HospitalWest Chester19$52,867$10,672
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield21$60,595$10,901
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy27$54,392$10,946
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky20$34,720$11,005
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton36$62,258$11,020
Union HospitalDover17$31,251$11,036
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren30$66,532$11,116
Mercy Medical CenterCanton50$61,366$11,156
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna29$46,922$11,190
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain16$70,855$11,201
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark31$41,500$11,208
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield37$41,270$11,354
Fairview HospitalCleveland52$55,579$11,459
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights42$63,322$11,475
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima28$44,973$11,776
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati15$50,217$11,986
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights15$60,054$12,051
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown34$72,331$12,166
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool15$26,129$12,260
Christ HospitalCincinnati58$47,431$12,486
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima26$71,385$12,496
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula26$34,326$12,508
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe87$51,361$12,535
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin16$43,869$12,612
Marion General HospitalMarion106$34,448$12,660
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati26$56,841$12,774
Bethesda NorthCincinnati75$55,570$12,907
Miami Valley HospitalDayton79$68,991$12,912
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren39$85,602$12,973
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering52$57,320$13,067
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth67$38,359$13,081
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek43$78,099$13,256
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville18$84,768$13,302
Genesis HospitalZanesville70$36,621$13,332
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo75$96,867$13,352
Akron General Medical CenterAkron44$56,109$13,459
Aultman HospitalCanton49$48,967$13,488
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville42$34,001$13,648
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus68$55,271$13,694
Metrohealth SystemCleveland79$55,685$13,811
Kettering Health DaytonDayton31$96,573$14,092
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati31$50,717$14,581
Grant Medical CenterColumbus20$46,847$14,762
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk17$26,638$15,104
Doctors HospitalColumbus21$51,159$15,575
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo94$116,707$16,260
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus28$95,574$16,988
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus65$79,085$17,531
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo35$86,034$17,792
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake34$51,559$17,823
Summa Health SystemAkron26$90,039$18,123
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland33$63,993$18,777
Ohiohealth O'Bleness HospitalAthens14$32,852$19,026
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon22$44,969$19,279
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati19$94,826$19,376
Cleveland ClinicCleveland55$103,041$20,603

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.