US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 178: Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc

$30,843typical hospital bill
$7,966typical amount paid
$5,498–$16,480range paid across 51 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,843 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 Heights17$26,591$5,498
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon17$25,815$6,060
Medina HospitalMedina14$30,166$6,094
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights15$35,684$6,495
Parma Community General HospitalParma22$25,838$6,655
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria20$26,780$6,837
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay11$19,826$6,862
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield14$25,583$6,969
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights58$35,208$6,975
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati23$27,390$6,992
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood25$28,642$7,011
West Chester HospitalWest Chester28$34,509$7,039
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna11$29,935$7,074
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman21$27,363$7,100
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati20$29,743$7,142
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta12$24,821$7,175
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia25$38,240$7,264
Fairview HospitalCleveland21$30,421$7,267
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin17$30,309$7,291
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky32$22,474$7,344
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown15$34,431$7,400
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton17$31,623$7,453
Euclid HospitalEuclid19$30,843$7,592
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima22$41,583$7,792
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights24$28,895$7,908
Bethesda NorthCincinnati19$21,141$7,966
Miami Valley HospitalDayton44$36,101$8,101
Christ HospitalCincinnati11$26,392$8,186
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek14$39,119$8,197
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth16$28,628$8,213
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering20$42,451$8,216
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima11$33,737$8,266
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool12$31,858$8,498
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus15$26,939$8,584
Akron General Medical CenterAkron15$34,320$8,823
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster14$19,973$8,835
Summa Health SystemAkron42$56,752$8,993
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati18$38,101$9,006
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo12$44,676$9,324
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo25$50,442$9,357
Kettering Health DaytonDayton13$41,936$9,452
Aultman HospitalCanton11$35,128$9,672
Metrohealth SystemCleveland11$34,801$10,098
Doctors HospitalColumbus11$30,687$10,414
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus21$37,644$10,662
Grant Medical CenterColumbus13$21,141$10,758
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus21$49,863$11,174
Cleveland ClinicCleveland32$55,206$11,315
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake12$24,649$11,386
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati20$43,333$13,162
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland29$89,350$16,480

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.