US Health Care Costs

Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Cc in Michigan

MS-DRG 543: Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with cc

$31,840typical hospital bill
$9,922typical amount paid
$8,316–$13,949range paid across 8 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,840 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw34$26,686$8,316
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy16$29,688$8,629
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City13$19,814$9,402
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor23$40,766$9,813
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc12$25,951$10,030
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak18$33,992$10,515
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing23$44,943$11,281
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor20$45,172$13,949

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.