US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Mcc in Ohio

MS-DRG 242: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with mcc

$114,042typical hospital bill
$26,777typical amount paid
$22,083–$55,826range paid across 20 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $114,042 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights19$89,960$22,083
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria15$99,489$22,582
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati11$113,784$23,269
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima11$94,047$24,987
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster17$89,205$25,237
Aultman HospitalCanton13$65,280$25,398
Miami Valley HospitalDayton16$113,836$25,840
Fairview HospitalCleveland16$83,858$25,843
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus21$98,990$26,713
Christ HospitalCincinnati23$86,400$26,720
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown15$175,899$26,834
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus24$138,765$26,870
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo11$114,248$26,900
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering12$126,860$27,115
Akron General Medical CenterAkron14$179,024$30,960
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo17$202,512$30,999
Genesis HospitalZanesville18$141,748$32,277
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus16$118,645$37,926
Cleveland ClinicCleveland29$144,179$42,962
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima14$386,289$55,826

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.