US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$108,514typical hospital bill
$22,086typical amount paid
$17,216–$37,071range paid across 38 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $108,514 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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$68,811$17,216
Lake HealthConcord12$80,502$18,324
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati17$97,877$18,353
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights26$111,561$18,902
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield12$85,513$19,150
Mercy Medical CenterCanton16$87,014$19,326
West Chester HospitalWest Chester18$108,283$19,346
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin14$117,436$19,361
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster12$77,755$19,539
Bethesda NorthCincinnati36$71,355$20,374
Fairview HospitalCleveland20$108,579$20,628
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman11$90,730$20,783
Parma Community General HospitalParma13$108,449$20,788
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool11$66,725$21,076
Akron General Medical CenterAkron27$76,147$21,234
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville12$119,040$21,441
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus16$124,608$21,453
Aultman HospitalCanton15$61,759$21,592
Christ HospitalCincinnati12$114,791$21,877
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield14$76,734$22,294
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati15$140,372$22,295
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering24$184,380$22,947
Metrohealth SystemCleveland25$102,901$23,044
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown16$159,545$23,079
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo35$141,157$23,137
Miami Valley HospitalDayton40$147,350$23,184
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth14$82,541$24,125
Kettering Health DaytonDayton22$145,580$24,192
Genesis HospitalZanesville13$59,042$24,390
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo18$223,800$25,000
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima27$160,826$25,602
Grant Medical CenterColumbus34$143,073$25,660
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus47$108,126$25,666
Summa Health SystemAkron18$168,167$26,763
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus19$165,796$27,634
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake17$73,661$33,115
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland18$143,181$33,818
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati15$165,488$37,071

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.