US Health Care Costs

High blood pressure in Ohio

MS-DRG 305: Hypertension without mcc

$29,932typical hospital bill
$6,439typical amount paid
$4,735–$10,305range paid across 35 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,932 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights13$20,978$4,735
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights29$24,419$5,312
Mercy Medical CenterCanton16$27,376$5,456
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield17$34,902$5,461
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren11$30,223$5,482
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin16$30,897$5,496
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati15$32,550$5,537
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati20$36,397$5,594
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield14$33,684$5,629
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima14$18,564$5,648
Bethesda NorthCincinnati13$16,952$5,912
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky14$16,844$5,923
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster21$17,949$6,103
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg16$29,932$6,120
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown22$21,866$6,225
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool11$21,701$6,386
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering17$31,260$6,434
Aultman HospitalCanton13$32,293$6,439
Miami Valley HospitalDayton51$30,908$6,459
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima24$35,023$6,462
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus11$32,228$6,563
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek14$38,804$6,623
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville11$15,366$6,630
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus19$24,161$6,710
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo14$53,812$6,728
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati14$25,583$6,970
Kettering Health DaytonDayton11$25,976$7,192
Fairview HospitalCleveland12$32,250$7,258
Summa Health SystemAkron20$59,576$7,419
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo36$45,198$7,557
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus24$28,718$7,866
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth14$28,820$7,922
Doctors HospitalColumbus11$18,423$8,388
Cleveland ClinicCleveland26$28,899$8,701
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati15$31,762$10,305

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.