US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in Ohio

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

$19,311typical hospital bill
$4,999typical amount paid
$3,489–$7,070range paid across 40 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $19,311 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights11$15,719$3,489
Parma Community General HospitalParma12$25,840$3,799
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta15$15,128$3,856
Lake HealthConcord14$23,912$4,003
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon17$22,358$4,074
Mercy Medical CenterCanton16$23,927$4,165
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria26$16,373$4,245
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay29$12,267$4,345
West Chester HospitalWest Chester25$23,242$4,357
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood12$21,359$4,391
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky45$10,345$4,461
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield21$13,925$4,502
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights33$27,014$4,584
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth11$16,126$4,584
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown18$28,728$4,695
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula15$15,454$4,727
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster29$15,989$4,752
Christ HospitalCincinnati32$17,794$4,934
Bethesda NorthCincinnati27$18,963$4,965
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater12$10,945$4,993
Fairview HospitalCleveland42$18,968$5,005
Genesis HospitalZanesville14$12,064$5,128
Akron General Medical CenterAkron11$17,040$5,130
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy17$21,528$5,168
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville12$14,793$5,227
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering40$21,150$5,304
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo31$29,880$5,350
Aultman HospitalCanton40$19,654$5,379
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk13$15,496$5,492
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus42$23,590$5,513
Miami Valley HospitalDayton39$27,290$5,564
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus12$30,561$5,591
Summa Health SystemAkron18$32,798$5,613
Kettering Health DaytonDayton15$30,387$5,803
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo20$32,126$6,237
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus62$16,445$6,258
Grant Medical CenterColumbus14$26,686$6,483
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake11$17,197$6,687
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland18$16,432$6,985
Cleveland ClinicCleveland60$25,260$7,070

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.