US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$39,508typical hospital bill
$9,713typical amount paid
$7,024–$16,060range paid across 73 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,508 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
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta16$35,569$7,024
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights23$36,647$7,555
Medina HospitalMedina23$38,952$7,686
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna14$40,032$7,898
Lake HealthConcord42$40,386$7,993
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay14$21,413$8,034
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon31$37,279$8,125
Parma Community General HospitalParma28$32,587$8,170
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria19$33,064$8,207
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain23$32,650$8,342
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield17$34,523$8,345
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren22$48,853$8,447
West Chester HospitalWest Chester14$41,519$8,479
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood29$34,655$8,496
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton12$42,807$8,552
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield28$29,834$8,564
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati15$40,546$8,572
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman44$36,179$8,679
Mercy Health - Defiance HospitalDefiance12$16,434$8,745
Avita OntarioOntario11$31,777$8,760
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati21$48,346$8,881
Marion General HospitalMarion20$26,467$8,888
Wooster Community HospitalWooster11$16,363$8,911
Union HospitalDover12$41,461$8,935
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima13$25,249$8,956
Bethesda NorthCincinnati36$25,749$8,966
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky22$22,436$8,975
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark14$36,195$9,011
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights43$47,465$9,115
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster28$27,926$9,159
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights20$52,100$9,260
Fairview HospitalCleveland41$36,695$9,428
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy26$39,508$9,507
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield23$42,908$9,701
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe20$58,546$9,704
Mercy Medical CenterCanton30$51,127$9,706
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima54$54,552$9,713
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin22$47,638$9,743
Salem Regional Medical CenterSalem11$16,895$9,754
Christ HospitalCincinnati30$32,578$9,806
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis12$25,404$9,856
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights12$55,008$9,927
Miami Valley HospitalDayton110$52,794$9,936
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville22$53,734$9,971
Aultman HospitalCanton42$29,410$10,061
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati13$47,261$10,140
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth24$30,781$10,277
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown37$65,811$10,351
Akron General Medical CenterAkron19$44,015$10,362
Genesis HospitalZanesville19$31,956$10,393
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering58$44,001$10,473
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin14$33,252$10,524
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus61$51,510$10,682
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati23$35,653$10,713
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater11$23,947$10,732
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus30$58,551$10,758
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek25$44,512$10,916
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville12$20,325$10,961
Metrohealth SystemCleveland14$48,360$11,339
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo51$62,273$11,487
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk11$15,245$11,550
Kettering Health DaytonDayton13$52,583$11,761
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo45$53,528$11,913
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus60$39,830$12,356
Grant Medical CenterColumbus19$35,539$12,589
Summa Western Reserve HospitalCuyahoga Falls12$95,827$12,655
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo14$45,551$12,813
Summa Health SystemAkron31$115,539$13,553
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake19$34,124$14,246
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland11$47,120$14,361
Cleveland ClinicCleveland76$69,508$14,992
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon13$33,702$15,588
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati14$56,338$16,060

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.