US Health Care Costs

Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur Without Cc/Mcc in Ohio

MS-DRG 494: Lower extremity and humerus procedures except hip, foot and femur without cc/mcc

$70,269typical hospital bill
$16,140typical amount paid
$13,542–$19,752range paid across 4 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,269 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Bethesda NorthCincinnati11$45,441$13,542
Akron General Medical CenterAkron11$51,525$15,101
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo14$174,328$17,179
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland11$89,014$19,752

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.