US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$44,921typical hospital bill
$12,546typical amount paid
$6,120–$21,262range paid across 95 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,921 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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 HospitalFremont18$33,570$6,120
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta51$33,529$7,494
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon89$39,191$10,228
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights77$33,649$10,294
Wooster Community HospitalWooster36$24,485$10,336
Lake HealthConcord130$47,320$10,431
Wood County HospitalBowling Green15$22,791$10,559
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis22$30,991$10,695
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy36$47,173$10,817
Kettering Health TroyTroy19$51,635$10,844
Mercy Medical CenterCanton49$43,311$10,907
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood106$44,921$10,910
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay44$27,431$10,960
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati55$53,216$10,966
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati67$55,942$10,997
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin65$49,234$10,999
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia65$54,517$11,002
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield48$46,255$11,013
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark31$40,616$11,037
McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford19$25,828$11,091
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna45$46,421$11,126
Euclid HospitalEuclid22$41,523$11,152
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria62$38,201$11,161
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights68$46,728$11,237
Parma Community General HospitalParma85$46,126$11,377
West Chester HospitalWest Chester83$58,214$11,405
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren41$50,475$11,517
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield56$54,044$11,602
Union HospitalDover29$41,499$11,603
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg39$51,902$11,609
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman90$46,533$11,611
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights184$50,475$11,777
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster68$34,250$11,813
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky27$38,943$11,825
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton42$55,200$11,911
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield39$63,854$11,941
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin48$44,582$11,981
Wilson Memorial HospitalSidney15$29,883$11,992
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain18$45,775$12,043
Avita OntarioOntario14$42,047$12,098
Bethesda NorthCincinnati109$29,443$12,129
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren32$66,289$12,172
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown56$53,246$12,258
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland23$24,656$12,413
Medina HospitalMedina83$61,944$12,458
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima40$35,538$12,463
Marion General HospitalMarion46$34,878$12,479
Fairview HospitalCleveland101$55,380$12,546
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe33$44,279$12,586
Memorial HospitalMarysville11$25,627$12,616
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville59$67,425$12,740
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering74$54,052$12,758
Berger HospitalCircleville18$24,762$12,909
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula41$27,347$13,091
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool45$35,644$13,095
Miami Valley HospitalDayton146$55,793$13,158
Aultman HospitalCanton60$41,921$13,167
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus117$51,937$13,205
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin20$39,262$13,217
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima83$58,518$13,261
Christ HospitalCincinnati100$44,900$13,277
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati44$40,855$13,280
Alliance Community HospitalAlliance18$20,493$13,283
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon23$46,739$13,342
Salem Regional Medical CenterSalem18$23,146$13,409
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus72$65,466$13,464
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights61$54,344$13,495
Metrohealth SystemCleveland61$50,005$13,595
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek73$69,477$13,705
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth68$31,589$13,733
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo127$78,134$13,820
Summa Health SystemAkron88$87,850$14,018
Genesis HospitalZanesville51$31,824$14,061
Akron General Medical CenterAkron94$56,946$14,084
Kettering Health DaytonDayton61$72,298$14,158
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville33$38,574$14,349
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater13$22,324$14,531
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware17$31,218$14,963
Grant Medical CenterColumbus53$54,764$15,011
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati61$43,544$15,078
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo128$86,147$15,227
Madison HealthLondon13$29,857$15,323
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge15$42,450$15,395
Community Hospitals and Wellness CentersBryan15$23,591$15,603
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk23$35,925$16,033
Doctors HospitalColumbus33$45,019$16,117
Bay Park Community HospitalOregon23$70,187$16,372
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus100$75,242$17,380
Cleveland ClinicCleveland104$74,422$17,437
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo35$65,231$17,941
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake81$43,412$18,837
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland46$67,380$18,963
Ohiohealth O'Bleness HospitalAthens31$32,797$20,008
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon93$42,716$20,908
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati45$73,505$21,262

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.