US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$39,994typical hospital bill
$13,994typical amount paid
$10,730–$21,809range paid across 67 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,994 for this stay in 2024, about 2.9 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
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron54$25,462$10,730
McLaren Bay RegionBay City39$39,994$11,052
Lake Huron Medical CenterPort Huron11$41,877$11,365
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy199$50,502$11,580
Memorial HealthcareOwosso34$47,416$11,678
Holland HospitalHolland13$36,329$11,691
Oaklawn HospitalMarshall16$35,689$11,751
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw19$36,639$11,755
Chelsea HospitalChelsea39$31,403$11,841
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield97$40,055$11,880
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw121$33,862$12,141
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe40$37,411$12,318
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph23$39,412$12,588
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek50$53,026$12,819
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater16$38,214$12,917
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester74$32,786$12,928
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte47$43,097$13,089
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma23$30,022$13,236
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton73$56,229$13,294
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township40$76,572$13,339
Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch24$20,034$13,629
Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac30$28,876$13,668
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland52$32,597$13,706
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor19$57,445$13,730
McLaren Central MichiganMount Pleasant11$31,137$13,802
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo19$39,311$13,807
Mymichigan Medical Center ClareClare12$23,325$13,833
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian32$46,305$13,835
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe40$35,624$13,836
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey42$29,366$13,857
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon42$47,283$13,932
McLaren Greater LansingLansing20$40,378$13,942
McLaren MacombMount Clemens72$34,115$13,956
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren79$37,878$13,994
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo74$44,694$14,116
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township116$41,549$14,122
McLaren FlintFlint60$45,581$14,197
Dickinson County Memorial HospitalIron Mountain15$45,479$14,245
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield110$39,523$14,260
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor126$43,743$14,296
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena16$28,865$14,319
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer24$32,168$14,333
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn61$56,780$14,382
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming14$28,811$14,394
Garden City HospitalGarden City24$48,113$14,487
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord15$21,423$14,704
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac61$43,357$14,740
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing98$62,799$14,787
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit58$33,654$14,800
Hurley Medical CenterFlint48$54,360$14,927
Spectrum Health United HospitalGreenville14$25,458$14,943
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City75$37,897$14,965
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc68$44,950$14,993
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson88$50,120$15,013
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette17$55,092$15,071
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia103$46,398$15,168
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak157$60,571$15,414
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne34$56,829$15,439
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling27$37,016$15,466
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids28$41,473$15,850
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell29$29,848$15,892
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids94$36,802$16,140
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit23$90,673$16,192
Up Health System PortageHancock13$29,266$16,473
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills51$46,067$16,490
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit47$41,531$21,123
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor108$67,499$21,809

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.