US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$25,442typical hospital bill
$6,206typical amount paid
$4,611–$9,807range paid across 79 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,442 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 Heights22$19,882$4,611
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta60$20,003$4,671
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon37$29,384$4,845
Medina HospitalMedina22$32,034$4,925
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay30$18,894$5,150
Lake HealthConcord40$23,967$5,183
Parma Community General HospitalParma29$24,593$5,212
Wooster Community HospitalWooster15$10,973$5,304
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights14$24,896$5,316
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren34$31,594$5,349
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati52$27,650$5,357
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights75$28,894$5,365
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin17$43,292$5,399
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria31$22,096$5,411
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood24$25,442$5,413
West Chester HospitalWest Chester30$29,572$5,434
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati38$29,744$5,489
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield34$27,650$5,513
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield52$21,797$5,517
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia13$28,464$5,534
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton24$30,209$5,548
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna18$26,179$5,615
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima23$25,504$5,617
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy25$30,031$5,618
Mercy Medical CenterCanton37$30,974$5,648
Fairview HospitalCleveland48$22,684$5,711
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield52$30,271$5,721
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman55$24,666$5,751
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark12$24,630$5,778
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky32$14,849$5,792
Marion General HospitalMarion30$18,513$5,815
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain26$28,058$5,857
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon17$16,780$5,928
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula24$18,900$5,936
Mercy Health - Defiance HospitalDefiance14$14,170$5,989
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville17$34,979$6,045
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg11$36,523$6,048
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster28$22,114$6,053
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe21$28,257$6,154
Genesis HospitalZanesville25$19,116$6,206
Bethesda NorthCincinnati53$20,476$6,221
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights13$30,420$6,228
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima83$37,336$6,243
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown80$26,698$6,256
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren16$35,944$6,262
Christ HospitalCincinnati58$23,186$6,308
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin30$19,263$6,309
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis15$20,316$6,386
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth35$19,339$6,391
Metrohealth SystemCleveland29$21,523$6,421
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati25$23,126$6,563
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin14$27,797$6,571
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater14$17,022$6,657
Akron General Medical CenterAkron39$24,911$6,730
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville24$15,842$6,744
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo83$37,949$6,745
Berger HospitalCircleville14$13,914$6,801
Miami Valley HospitalDayton90$34,792$6,802
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus102$24,696$6,830
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering132$26,735$6,944
Aultman HospitalCanton75$22,464$6,954
Summa Health SystemAkron46$44,369$7,031
Community Hospitals and Wellness CentersBryan15$11,243$7,158
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus36$35,687$7,200
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati28$22,407$7,229
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk18$15,869$7,253
Kettering Health DaytonDayton37$31,610$7,488
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek39$32,840$7,495
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus114$22,045$7,696
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo88$44,440$7,816
Memorial HospitalMarysville12$17,366$7,880
Doctors HospitalColumbus13$36,858$8,423
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo22$28,374$8,724
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake31$22,601$8,794
Cleveland ClinicCleveland130$32,550$8,877
Grant Medical CenterColumbus27$27,544$8,894
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland27$28,971$8,990
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon18$17,990$9,684
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati30$28,636$9,807

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.