US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Ohio

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$73,674typical hospital bill
$15,535typical amount paid
$12,984–$26,163range paid across 53 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $73,674 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 Heights27$59,978$12,984
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria12$60,782$13,155
Medina HospitalMedina17$62,260$13,158
Parma Community General HospitalParma21$68,607$13,240
Lake HealthConcord17$63,597$13,668
West Chester HospitalWest Chester27$83,174$13,673
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield12$75,297$13,689
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay16$44,430$13,698
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna12$67,222$13,914
Mercy Medical CenterCanton18$59,013$14,033
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin15$89,860$14,055
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood13$65,527$14,067
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati14$72,436$14,228
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky19$48,259$14,262
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield14$85,093$14,331
Marion General HospitalMarion11$78,123$14,393
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren11$77,654$14,421
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati13$77,798$14,480
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain18$86,426$14,573
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark14$58,050$14,752
Bethesda NorthCincinnati42$51,739$14,964
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights56$67,072$15,018
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville17$92,555$15,075
Fairview HospitalCleveland16$64,421$15,215
Wooster Community HospitalWooster12$32,434$15,401
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster11$54,050$15,534
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman16$72,811$15,535
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus28$107,403$15,550
Aultman HospitalCanton16$43,817$15,797
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown19$73,674$15,984
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima14$109,628$16,126
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe23$114,381$16,488
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo42$103,309$16,629
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus60$84,107$16,676
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville12$43,940$16,721
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield15$69,200$16,801
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering30$140,958$16,965
Christ HospitalCincinnati22$59,872$16,965
Miami Valley HospitalDayton47$98,228$17,082
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth19$89,247$17,356
Akron General Medical CenterAkron17$60,127$17,468
Summa Health SystemAkron35$89,281$17,617
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater14$37,814$18,781
Kettering Health DaytonDayton22$110,535$19,912
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus18$110,841$19,929
Grant Medical CenterColumbus26$97,968$20,133
Metrohealth SystemCleveland19$74,791$20,195
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo20$136,346$20,750
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo14$119,500$21,983
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati14$99,637$22,278
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland19$87,293$22,462
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake14$61,989$24,306
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon12$63,643$26,163

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.