US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$33,886typical hospital bill
$11,503typical amount paid
$8,837–$17,929range paid across 69 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,886 for this stay in 2024, about 2.9 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 Port HuronPort Huron30$23,975$8,837
McLaren Bay RegionBay City54$33,886$8,861
Memorial HealthcareOwosso42$39,833$9,415
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw27$39,098$9,421
Oaklawn HospitalMarshall27$33,438$9,494
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy196$40,130$9,511
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield86$30,785$9,706
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe52$33,231$9,921
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw116$27,982$10,004
Chelsea HospitalChelsea38$28,115$10,101
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton68$46,274$10,348
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph28$26,395$10,391
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte62$40,750$10,540
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek63$33,657$10,621
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor48$38,271$10,653
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater30$35,509$10,765
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township29$54,664$10,768
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey37$25,773$10,809
Mymichigan Medical Center ClareClare21$21,385$10,884
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester62$37,213$11,012
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian45$45,838$11,126
McLaren MacombMount Clemens67$27,712$11,224
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo45$40,694$11,239
Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch28$16,261$11,254
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma43$24,742$11,273
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo85$37,211$11,283
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe33$30,612$11,292
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township135$30,314$11,294
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn94$41,189$11,321
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren106$33,374$11,341
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena26$22,215$11,349
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland75$29,568$11,409
McLaren FlintFlint62$31,168$11,439
Spectrum Health United HospitalGreenville18$23,295$11,495
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer41$31,981$11,503
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor147$37,226$11,512
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City77$30,659$11,554
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow CarsonCarson City11$23,264$11,589
Tawas St Joseph HospitalTawas City20$14,594$11,619
Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac19$22,680$11,697
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord26$20,179$11,698
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson143$36,876$11,902
Garden City HospitalGarden City17$39,429$11,938
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette40$46,250$11,950
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield106$38,077$12,028
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac85$37,081$12,040
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc85$34,405$12,064
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing101$47,076$12,071
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne32$54,850$12,091
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia75$35,243$12,216
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids22$28,073$12,314
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit53$29,877$12,332
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling33$30,029$12,350
McLaren Greater LansingLansing52$39,312$12,506
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon33$40,280$12,572
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming12$40,120$12,668
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak147$42,151$12,824
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids78$26,163$12,867
Hurley Medical CenterFlint63$55,241$13,240
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills66$51,528$13,323
Corewell Health Ludington HospitalLudington11$34,253$13,333
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell26$32,293$13,762
McLaren OaklandPontiac18$22,435$14,124
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit20$63,765$14,219
Detroit Receiving HospitalDetroit17$56,950$14,586
Chippewa County War Memorial HospitalSault Ste Marie16$20,147$14,799
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit47$26,877$16,567
Harper University HospitalDetroit14$53,254$16,729
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor59$55,514$17,929

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.