US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 194: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with cc

$22,889typical hospital bill
$7,317typical amount paid
$5,244–$11,226range paid across 42 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $22,889 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 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 Bay RegionBay City12$21,277$5,244
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy73$23,188$5,896
Holland HospitalHolland27$21,953$6,187
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek31$24,236$6,302
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw25$21,645$6,410
Chelsea HospitalChelsea16$21,247$6,521
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe18$26,307$6,590
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield35$23,362$6,606
Mymichigan Medical Center ClareClare12$14,805$6,617
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater13$18,041$6,840
Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch13$12,983$7,009
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon12$19,016$7,121
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma14$15,636$7,147
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City23$17,807$7,155
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor14$23,296$7,159
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph20$21,242$7,168
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor59$24,427$7,180
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton20$30,385$7,181
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn31$28,140$7,254
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township52$22,291$7,261
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland15$16,074$7,316
Corewell Health Big Rapids HospitalBig Rapids14$18,073$7,318
McLaren MacombMount Clemens17$20,249$7,330
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren17$19,074$7,382
McLaren FlintFlint12$20,664$7,417
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield34$23,574$7,461
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester11$22,315$7,518
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo55$25,153$7,583
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo11$24,558$7,782
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte14$24,757$7,788
Hillsdale HospitalHillsdale16$15,205$7,789
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing21$30,294$7,885
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak50$25,812$7,949
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson26$31,170$7,968
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac19$26,309$8,191
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia48$27,235$8,306
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit11$15,625$8,405
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids30$22,649$8,442
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills23$30,407$8,728
Hurley Medical CenterFlint15$33,762$9,112
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor50$38,268$11,176
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit37$23,129$11,226

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.