US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in Michigan

MS-DRG 310: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc

$17,523typical hospital bill
$5,131typical amount paid
$4,055–$7,798range paid across 30 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $17,523 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
McLaren Bay RegionBay City36$11,837$4,055
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy50$21,232$4,271
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw20$19,409$4,420
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron15$12,391$4,482
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield17$19,370$4,521
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester18$19,514$4,603
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw19$24,825$4,609
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey15$14,092$4,629
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena11$14,270$4,808
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland30$13,608$4,870
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City18$17,083$4,889
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor27$20,507$4,914
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph12$15,353$5,062
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren17$16,837$5,066
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township28$16,937$5,125
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield28$18,708$5,137
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc17$16,375$5,274
McLaren MacombMount Clemens22$11,820$5,310
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia17$17,963$5,333
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit14$13,979$5,467
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak39$25,102$5,508
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo21$20,971$5,516
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson17$26,057$5,528
McLaren FlintFlint14$16,709$5,531
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn20$23,991$5,534
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac25$16,881$5,550
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton17$30,989$5,955
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing41$20,625$6,138
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids14$11,983$6,536
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor22$24,659$7,798

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.