US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$38,985typical hospital bill
$10,554typical amount paid
$5,659–$16,835range paid across 101 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,985 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
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta59$35,552$5,659
Memorial HospitalFremont18$31,820$6,666
Lake HealthConcord66$36,797$8,219
East Ohio Regional HospitalMartins Ferry25$21,130$8,276
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights104$33,893$8,478
Parma Community General HospitalParma64$40,657$8,518
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna30$29,936$8,524
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon86$33,093$8,586
Bellevue HospitalBellevue16$40,407$8,698
Wooster Community HospitalWooster23$20,541$8,802
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay46$24,442$8,820
Medina HospitalMedina111$43,941$8,852
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights149$46,935$8,986
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria53$30,685$8,995
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia27$36,545$9,007
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy58$48,225$9,040
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain22$44,002$9,123
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren36$44,034$9,124
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati41$35,340$9,146
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati37$38,985$9,233
Kettering Health TroyTroy23$41,706$9,249
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood89$39,455$9,256
Union HospitalDover43$47,584$9,315
McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford18$26,528$9,373
Mercy Medical CenterCanton62$46,275$9,378
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis39$34,564$9,466
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield24$40,986$9,479
Avita OntarioOntario11$42,265$9,514
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman78$42,274$9,543
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights77$43,047$9,602
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark35$28,868$9,605
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton28$43,220$9,616
Bethesda NorthCincinnati121$26,304$9,656
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield96$40,364$9,658
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights40$46,859$9,749
West Chester HospitalWest Chester78$45,561$9,756
Marion General HospitalMarion82$30,753$9,799
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield43$46,446$9,889
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland24$19,313$9,947
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima48$28,738$9,956
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg35$42,070$10,015
Fairview HospitalCleveland112$43,966$10,034
Mercy Health - Defiance HospitalDefiance29$26,312$10,037
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster63$26,160$10,107
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula46$29,137$10,367
Euclid HospitalEuclid39$51,983$10,369
Grand Lake Health SystemSaint Marys32$22,324$10,404
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin58$41,605$10,434
Wilson Memorial HospitalSidney13$31,693$10,479
Miami Valley HospitalDayton137$46,750$10,480
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky49$28,000$10,554
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe67$46,422$10,558
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville66$63,778$10,562
Salem Regional Medical CenterSalem23$24,056$10,591
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima86$47,947$10,645
Christ HospitalCincinnati81$33,059$10,694
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati21$40,183$10,713
Memorial HospitalMarysville11$34,878$10,724
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin62$35,192$10,731
Aultman HospitalCanton91$36,712$10,756
Lutheran HospitalCleveland16$44,131$10,901
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth31$28,029$10,918
Akron General Medical CenterAkron139$47,804$10,924
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren30$58,775$10,935
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering55$44,595$10,990
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown57$45,644$11,054
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool12$31,030$11,108
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus98$59,258$11,125
Genesis HospitalZanesville84$30,919$11,309
Trihealth Clinton Regional HospitalWilmington16$35,907$11,360
Kettering Health DaytonDayton58$53,524$11,365
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus77$39,240$11,384
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek78$45,475$11,413
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon26$37,861$11,447
Wayne HospitalGreenville13$25,083$11,624
Summa Health SystemAkron32$86,933$11,768
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater40$21,281$11,770
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville46$37,162$11,814
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo176$68,048$11,832
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin26$38,732$11,835
Bay Park Community HospitalOregon31$60,120$11,836
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo115$67,110$11,888
Metrohealth SystemCleveland52$39,467$12,087
Berger HospitalCircleville29$22,785$12,092
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware27$28,792$12,132
Alliance Community HospitalAlliance18$19,381$12,167
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge25$28,912$12,223
Community Hospitals and Wellness CentersBryan13$19,579$12,633
Van Wert County HospitalVan Wert12$21,231$12,746
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati40$30,477$12,986
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk48$29,653$13,129
Doctors HospitalColumbus45$44,214$13,147
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus79$44,349$13,323
Grant Medical CenterColumbus75$53,731$14,033
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo43$53,024$14,489
Cleveland ClinicCleveland52$54,862$14,734
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland38$64,083$15,371
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake65$34,729$15,458
Ohiohealth O'Bleness HospitalAthens38$26,066$16,267
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon63$30,340$16,423
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati53$49,814$16,835

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.