US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$27,321typical hospital bill
$7,424typical amount paid
$5,071–$11,856range paid across 87 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,321 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Memorial HospitalFremont17$18,189$5,071
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights44$24,434$5,564
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta50$22,649$5,857
Parma Community General HospitalParma24$24,382$5,935
Lake HealthConcord38$24,706$6,091
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon41$24,369$6,150
Medina HospitalMedina56$27,161$6,256
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna26$24,359$6,284
Wooster Community HospitalWooster20$12,185$6,292
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights86$29,049$6,347
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy42$27,844$6,350
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield66$24,805$6,363
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights36$27,550$6,378
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria27$27,004$6,404
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati40$33,561$6,414
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren41$27,283$6,421
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood38$26,000$6,447
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin40$34,847$6,473
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton30$30,414$6,480
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield31$27,897$6,524
Union HospitalDover13$21,671$6,529
West Chester HospitalWest Chester38$30,023$6,573
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis23$21,581$6,659
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima24$19,161$6,667
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark16$28,470$6,688
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia18$36,755$6,700
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati34$29,707$6,790
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman73$27,483$6,831
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky63$21,679$6,868
Euclid HospitalEuclid23$31,408$6,910
Bethesda NorthCincinnati82$19,616$6,927
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain22$29,544$6,986
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster32$21,760$7,048
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula26$17,269$7,059
Mercy Medical CenterCanton29$28,461$7,059
Fairview HospitalCleveland38$29,664$7,115
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay27$17,720$7,117
Bay Park Community HospitalOregon15$49,313$7,241
Marion General HospitalMarion47$22,306$7,248
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin44$23,387$7,361
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown50$27,194$7,370
Christ HospitalCincinnati52$24,273$7,392
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield43$33,941$7,413
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe45$30,383$7,424
Mercy Health - Defiance HospitalDefiance13$16,845$7,425
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek39$34,618$7,451
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville26$43,547$7,468
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima69$35,830$7,483
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering83$30,011$7,510
Genesis HospitalZanesville34$19,597$7,518
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren23$43,881$7,521
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool13$20,897$7,534
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville19$15,785$7,569
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg23$34,895$7,578
Aultman HospitalCanton31$22,791$7,591
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth25$27,835$7,615
Grand Lake Health SystemSaint Marys19$18,701$7,626
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights31$31,569$7,650
Miami Valley HospitalDayton136$32,959$7,657
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin15$22,592$7,706
Akron General Medical CenterAkron52$27,817$7,818
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo63$45,310$7,836
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus66$29,314$7,889
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus48$39,817$8,023
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati39$27,795$8,067
Summa Health SystemAkron53$43,852$8,191
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge17$15,368$8,287
Kettering Health DaytonDayton30$38,846$8,327
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk20$16,840$8,727
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo108$54,433$8,745
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware24$21,154$8,930
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati25$21,490$8,964
Berger HospitalCircleville16$17,936$9,062
Summa Western Reserve HospitalCuyahoga Falls13$56,724$9,250
Van Wert County HospitalVan Wert11$16,304$9,340
Doctors HospitalColumbus34$27,157$9,345
Community Hospitals and Wellness CentersBryan11$12,052$9,679
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo23$25,738$9,745
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus62$26,596$9,748
Grant Medical CenterColumbus45$27,773$10,106
Cleveland ClinicCleveland81$30,784$10,219
Metrohealth SystemCleveland25$35,482$10,615
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake20$27,321$10,667
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland29$40,680$11,201
Ohiohealth O'Bleness HospitalAthens19$20,966$11,233
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon19$28,486$11,790
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati51$34,122$11,856

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.