US Health Care Costs

Medical Back Problems with Mcc in Ohio

MS-DRG 551: Medical back problems with mcc

$51,085typical hospital bill
$13,835typical amount paid
$10,058–$19,456range paid across 16 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,085 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
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights15$49,252$10,058
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights24$42,096$11,045
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown19$50,944$11,793
Fairview HospitalCleveland14$43,530$11,989
Bethesda NorthCincinnati25$29,267$12,167
Akron General Medical CenterAkron15$58,349$12,831
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo21$67,037$13,448
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering18$62,336$13,454
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus35$50,172$14,217
Grant Medical CenterColumbus24$51,226$14,342
Miami Valley HospitalDayton22$84,388$14,458
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo12$65,298$14,862
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus16$46,017$16,811
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland11$33,432$17,701
Cleveland ClinicCleveland11$68,417$18,258
Metrohealth SystemCleveland16$62,614$19,456

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.