US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Michigan

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$48,074typical hospital bill
$16,563typical amount paid
$12,681–$26,871range paid across 80 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,074 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
Corewell Health Zeeland HospitalZeeland53$28,663$12,681
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron156$37,490$12,947
McLaren Bay RegionBay City153$48,532$12,950
Oaklawn HospitalMarshall87$37,355$13,176
Lake Huron Medical CenterPort Huron196$44,494$13,244
Memorial HealthcareOwosso92$61,175$13,473
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy507$68,519$13,645
Ascension River District HospitalEast China18$17,483$14,226
Chelsea HospitalChelsea70$37,199$14,267
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek137$44,568$14,412
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw112$52,817$14,526
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield281$54,189$14,614
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw346$49,106$14,705
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe139$52,453$14,877
Holland HospitalHolland29$47,663$14,968
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater25$44,147$15,125
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester208$43,477$15,286
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton146$63,603$15,437
Three Rivers HealthThree Rivers15$30,692$15,497
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor101$59,879$15,500
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow CarsonCarson City17$33,147$15,562
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte170$52,946$15,613
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming111$37,789$15,632
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph287$42,376$15,637
Corewell Health Big Rapids HospitalBig Rapids64$27,254$15,691
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma94$31,460$15,764
McLaren Central MichiganMount Pleasant35$40,665$15,776
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe137$37,419$15,928
Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac80$33,419$16,133
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn184$69,727$16,160
Mymichigan Medical Center ClareClare15$23,369$16,186
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo249$59,766$16,214
McLaren MacombMount Clemens194$42,432$16,246
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian124$55,880$16,268
Spectrum Health United HospitalGreenville64$29,256$16,279
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township104$107,738$16,346
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo247$47,096$16,402
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey153$37,946$16,439
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren366$49,956$16,499
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne98$73,349$16,548
Dickinson County Memorial HospitalIron Mountain66$41,669$16,579
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township412$46,653$16,586
McLaren FlintFlint189$51,647$16,748
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland227$44,819$16,808
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer167$48,817$16,975
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena167$33,613$17,008
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon238$43,186$17,035
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield407$55,195$17,067
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor444$53,594$17,170
Tawas St Joseph HospitalTawas City59$17,857$17,172
Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch52$26,866$17,223
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc330$53,703$17,278
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City211$52,208$17,313
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing349$75,956$17,344
Garden City HospitalGarden City221$63,400$17,367
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson268$64,120$17,385
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord40$30,688$17,466
McLaren Greater LansingLansing113$54,171$17,564
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette95$76,897$17,802
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit342$45,197$17,996
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia277$50,866$18,187
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac369$52,398$18,232
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids559$48,484$18,247
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids278$39,445$18,292
Corewell Health Ludington HospitalLudington71$32,291$18,346
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling68$37,672$18,376
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak435$71,937$18,491
Karmanos Cancer CenterDetroit31$67,051$18,753
Hurley Medical CenterFlint95$71,284$18,766
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell145$36,575$19,301
Up Health System PortageHancock34$49,881$19,413
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills150$75,425$19,437
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit147$96,525$20,182
McLaren OaklandPontiac130$43,403$20,500
Chippewa County War Memorial HospitalSault Ste Marie39$27,454$21,355
Detroit Receiving HospitalDetroit142$118,851$21,889
Munson Healthcare Manistee HospitalManistee30$22,765$23,783
Harper University HospitalDetroit50$97,220$24,919
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit211$68,675$26,716
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor298$93,319$26,871

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.