US Health Care Costs

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

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

$70,515typical hospital bill
$15,364typical amount paid
$11,241–$25,815range paid across 66 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,515 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
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta11$59,410$11,241
Lake HealthConcord34$59,403$12,265
Medina HospitalMedina23$63,010$12,911
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria29$55,530$13,233
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay29$46,371$13,235
Mercy Medical CenterCanton28$62,451$13,378
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin35$80,362$13,509
Wooster Community HospitalWooster13$32,503$13,547
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna11$56,271$13,564
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights79$79,094$13,681
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights30$54,585$13,702
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield15$83,049$13,738
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon25$68,195$13,826
West Chester HospitalWest Chester25$88,786$13,846
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman25$69,489$13,862
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati37$87,168$13,946
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy18$84,296$13,985
Parma Community General HospitalParma22$62,593$13,997
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood19$60,622$14,002
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren24$93,507$14,033
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain26$81,765$14,056
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton16$93,989$14,089
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield22$71,542$14,167
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky16$49,045$14,192
Bethesda NorthCincinnati79$57,902$14,435
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis12$55,825$14,588
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield49$67,054$14,607
Marion General HospitalMarion21$69,226$14,661
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville27$81,992$14,793
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati27$82,554$14,853
Fairview HospitalCleveland39$73,139$15,179
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights15$62,073$15,206
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster15$55,169$15,353
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin14$69,401$15,375
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark16$52,607$15,882
Aultman HospitalCanton36$45,189$15,900
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima33$116,323$15,922
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown48$83,552$16,016
Miami Valley HospitalDayton119$99,626$16,051
Christ HospitalCincinnati30$65,654$16,212
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering66$135,758$16,219
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek25$109,286$16,297
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo55$110,636$16,334
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon16$47,836$16,439
Summa Health SystemAkron47$87,982$16,889
Akron General Medical CenterAkron54$67,305$16,893
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth21$60,725$17,017
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus66$102,094$17,052
Genesis HospitalZanesville27$54,765$17,237
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus78$91,482$17,388
Kettering Health DaytonDayton44$114,088$17,571
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo50$163,670$17,976
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe20$108,065$18,085
Grant Medical CenterColumbus54$100,386$19,008
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater14$47,431$19,022
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge12$51,344$19,109
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati20$92,881$19,290
Metrohealth SystemCleveland37$74,388$20,794
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus49$115,758$20,804
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati17$52,865$20,841
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo26$122,602$21,594
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland64$95,679$21,942
Cleveland ClinicCleveland17$105,347$22,130
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati37$125,306$23,363
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake40$63,011$23,767
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon21$59,402$25,815

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.