US Health Care Costs

Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$115,158typical hospital bill
$39,909typical amount paid
$28,358–$87,044range paid across 54 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $115,158 for this stay in 2024, about 2.9 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
Memorial HealthcareOwosso16$141,322$28,358
Holland HospitalHolland11$71,632$29,114
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron28$88,774$29,443
McLaren Bay RegionBay City35$101,410$31,146
Lake Huron Medical CenterPort Huron19$99,863$32,332
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy75$155,838$33,427
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw62$104,595$33,661
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne22$139,627$34,305
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe21$131,181$34,528
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte27$99,497$34,943
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield51$115,417$35,209
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo43$87,152$36,066
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester28$96,231$36,416
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo36$149,472$36,498
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming15$109,982$36,537
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek20$98,461$36,770
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw26$112,372$36,856
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton18$176,257$36,947
McLaren MacombMount Clemens45$95,494$37,916
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe16$83,159$38,535
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn39$146,206$38,642
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren79$109,522$38,652
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph53$106,184$39,249
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield68$115,292$39,651
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor76$123,377$39,768
McLaren Greater LansingLansing19$110,772$39,803
McLaren FlintFlint45$129,187$39,804
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia61$98,874$40,013
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon58$115,025$40,245
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc48$123,163$40,669
Garden City HospitalGarden City34$145,418$40,762
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey27$62,551$41,133
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit72$119,373$41,425
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland52$85,354$41,914
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township76$110,926$41,945
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing66$167,497$42,066
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer23$88,338$42,069
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac80$109,191$42,359
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City58$107,086$42,638
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson40$140,946$42,644
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena14$86,306$42,706
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids114$109,077$43,577
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak84$203,136$43,994
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township32$293,409$44,335
McLaren OaklandPontiac23$105,873$44,751
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit47$249,269$45,337
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids37$116,716$46,047
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette39$193,734$46,826
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills36$160,629$50,838
Detroit Receiving HospitalDetroit31$376,210$55,314
Hurley Medical CenterFlint22$241,650$57,580
Harper University HospitalDetroit17$258,429$60,855
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit46$175,880$68,446
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor61$256,395$87,044

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.