US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$64,428typical hospital bill
$17,654typical amount paid
$13,437–$26,983range paid across 49 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,428 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
McLaren Bay RegionBay City17$55,503$13,437
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy88$91,523$14,573
Chelsea HospitalChelsea12$66,283$14,596
Holland HospitalHolland14$53,736$14,736
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield35$62,264$15,114
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe11$91,314$15,123
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte14$53,015$15,278
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw35$53,273$15,318
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek19$48,222$15,416
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton31$89,874$15,638
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw23$67,500$15,685
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester27$57,928$15,861
McLaren FlintFlint25$74,672$16,218
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township15$123,283$16,281
McLaren MacombMount Clemens31$77,984$16,480
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph41$51,217$16,680
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor52$74,778$16,852
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian17$73,494$16,924
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma11$36,353$17,033
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township52$62,475$17,326
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn43$116,613$17,486
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids84$50,285$17,514
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland29$41,153$17,536
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo54$46,889$17,555
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield43$68,658$17,654
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc27$62,995$17,682
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey25$36,359$17,728
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon41$61,978$17,767
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing47$70,212$17,771
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming14$58,181$17,789
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena16$44,872$17,835
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac41$82,388$17,950
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer12$64,428$18,023
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren35$65,406$18,148
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia47$75,997$18,298
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit41$62,606$18,341
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City58$43,743$18,374
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids14$57,042$18,442
McLaren Greater LansingLansing12$59,644$18,480
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo20$76,597$18,657
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette38$100,368$18,676
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak82$84,692$18,754
Hurley Medical CenterFlint14$82,098$19,121
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling11$36,671$19,376
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson16$73,885$19,386
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills19$91,667$20,032
McLaren OaklandPontiac13$61,310$22,781
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor42$90,447$24,023
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit18$66,800$26,983

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.