US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Ohio

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$47,623typical hospital bill
$8,808typical amount paid
$7,219–$15,290range paid across 45 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,623 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay12$30,958$7,219
Mercy Medical CenterCanton23$47,623$7,533
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights15$49,986$7,544
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna19$44,190$7,570
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati12$44,397$7,582
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria13$45,180$7,599
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin21$55,453$7,619
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis17$25,959$7,775
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain20$53,406$7,784
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield13$35,353$7,794
West Chester HospitalWest Chester35$48,613$7,803
Marion General HospitalMarion17$36,239$8,024
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima32$38,686$8,079
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky17$24,961$8,208
Bethesda NorthCincinnati40$38,523$8,286
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield39$47,552$8,415
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville19$54,392$8,423
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren20$52,978$8,601
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown27$52,058$8,650
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe16$60,132$8,763
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati42$50,751$8,775
Christ HospitalCincinnati48$39,112$8,779
Fairview HospitalCleveland30$37,337$8,808
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima61$55,095$8,893
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster24$27,513$8,924
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering27$60,152$9,023
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus42$43,832$9,170
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville15$32,850$9,292
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield16$61,822$9,338
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek21$62,901$9,481
Aultman HospitalCanton49$35,462$9,803
Miami Valley HospitalDayton63$66,827$9,964
Summa Health SystemAkron12$105,718$10,308
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati12$37,960$10,457
Genesis HospitalZanesville20$36,939$10,499
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo35$66,395$10,513
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus21$58,432$10,516
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth30$48,347$10,521
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati11$44,232$10,587
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus53$44,540$10,797
Kettering Health DaytonDayton13$72,341$11,524
Grant Medical CenterColumbus18$47,108$11,526
Cleveland ClinicCleveland60$66,572$12,140
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo24$93,046$12,612
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati32$70,127$15,290

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.