US Health Care Costs

Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Ohio

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

$130,296typical hospital bill
$37,115typical amount paid
$24,307–$79,819range paid across 69 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $130,296 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 HospitalMarietta45$110,342$24,307
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg12$94,739$26,606
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia17$114,322$28,605
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria15$110,828$29,083
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna13$104,229$29,412
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights52$101,572$29,658
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood14$106,634$30,287
Parma Community General HospitalParma15$88,255$30,534
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton29$113,546$30,570
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren39$138,724$30,823
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman49$114,194$30,845
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay19$80,297$31,364
Lake HealthConcord23$132,040$31,903
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati32$193,262$32,074
Medina HospitalMedina27$118,417$32,116
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark25$95,252$32,146
West Chester HospitalWest Chester13$139,379$32,453
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon35$114,944$32,712
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield46$189,041$32,774
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren23$192,715$33,007
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain26$137,076$33,010
Marion General HospitalMarion31$101,152$33,159
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware11$92,702$33,673
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown68$136,284$34,170
Mercy Medical CenterCanton60$130,216$34,222
Aultman HospitalCanton36$105,481$34,287
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield22$220,574$34,288
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights57$145,277$34,550
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima17$117,663$35,159
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati35$140,510$35,160
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin19$105,957$36,147
Akron General Medical CenterAkron63$126,729$36,179
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights23$124,437$36,411
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville27$87,168$36,920
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster41$130,296$37,115
Union HospitalDover13$88,226$37,370
Fairview HospitalCleveland39$119,302$37,659
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin23$121,503$37,804
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati25$86,880$37,971
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek25$195,244$37,983
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield50$139,963$38,169
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights17$122,887$38,171
Christ HospitalCincinnati43$137,489$38,341
Bethesda NorthCincinnati84$105,308$38,854
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati41$163,245$39,432
Kettering Health DaytonDayton34$239,616$39,538
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering69$242,714$39,566
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe63$169,608$40,044
Metrohealth SystemCleveland37$148,269$40,304
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth34$124,328$40,922
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus85$181,663$41,052
Summa Health SystemAkron62$218,406$41,940
Miami Valley HospitalDayton111$253,985$42,339
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima58$205,469$42,953
Doctors HospitalColumbus16$178,215$43,668
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo98$330,113$44,108
Genesis HospitalZanesville59$118,688$44,688
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville34$158,508$45,064
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus52$198,077$45,556
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo136$268,401$45,628
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge13$57,910$45,703
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo23$217,286$50,567
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake18$120,149$52,798
Grant Medical CenterColumbus65$236,676$56,073
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon20$83,293$58,909
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus57$229,211$60,753
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati51$243,583$61,987
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland59$261,252$65,146
Cleveland ClinicCleveland80$290,691$79,819

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.