US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Michigan

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$34,477typical hospital bill
$8,953typical amount paid
$7,321–$15,506range paid across 52 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,477 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Chelsea HospitalChelsea24$33,633$7,321
McLaren Bay RegionBay City24$22,182$7,335
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw43$26,524$7,371
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron25$27,598$7,449
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy79$44,738$7,482
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield51$43,094$7,807
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw38$38,232$7,850
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor14$31,371$8,025
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian12$41,569$8,308
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph51$26,314$8,358
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester16$29,835$8,382
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton20$58,961$8,389
Munson Healthcare Cadillac HospitalCadillac11$26,384$8,396
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township11$70,152$8,431
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey31$20,747$8,454
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma12$18,711$8,655
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek22$24,371$8,665
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township70$30,293$8,686
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena19$21,294$8,722
Corewell Health Big Rapids HospitalBig Rapids11$22,029$8,796
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer28$30,453$8,835
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon32$31,119$8,836
Holland HospitalHolland16$24,251$8,854
McLaren MacombMount Clemens32$35,782$8,893
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo50$29,503$8,910
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte28$36,292$8,952
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn30$44,386$8,953
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield56$34,375$9,001
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City48$33,360$9,012
McLaren FlintFlint44$34,579$9,159
Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo36$45,003$9,171
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc45$26,387$9,190
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland38$31,490$9,192
McLaren Greater LansingLansing11$41,483$9,283
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette15$39,326$9,474
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren30$38,122$9,512
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia62$41,267$9,625
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor83$36,637$9,706
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit30$48,420$10,089
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac44$38,993$10,113
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak82$46,840$10,122
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids57$28,574$10,171
Mercy Health Saint Mary'sGrand Rapids26$30,622$10,286
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson39$42,804$10,316
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing40$39,916$10,326
Hurley Medical CenterFlint20$30,380$10,400
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell17$31,948$10,420
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills27$50,495$10,733
Sinai-Grace HospitalDetroit21$80,654$11,212
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming18$41,134$11,484
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor49$48,343$13,965
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit45$48,010$15,506

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.