US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Ohio

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

$34,485typical hospital bill
$7,961typical amount paid
$5,536–$13,221range paid across 71 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,485 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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 HospitalMarietta34$29,448$5,536
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon18$29,032$6,194
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis13$21,408$6,300
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights28$26,343$6,360
Mercy Medical CenterCanton28$33,378$6,383
Parma Community General HospitalParma36$33,800$6,503
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay24$19,537$6,509
Medina HospitalMedina25$36,417$6,510
Lake HealthConcord33$30,699$6,512
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg11$44,559$6,698
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna13$33,047$6,748
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren17$38,524$6,789
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati32$34,349$6,931
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria28$32,407$6,950
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati32$33,854$6,968
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin23$40,140$7,038
West Chester HospitalWest Chester24$30,361$7,089
Union HospitalDover11$24,826$7,137
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights19$32,318$7,144
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights50$35,249$7,173
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton15$41,758$7,176
Kettering Health TroyTroy11$45,222$7,205
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky28$22,103$7,266
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood37$28,701$7,292
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark22$36,049$7,324
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain18$46,677$7,394
Wooster Community HospitalWooster15$22,163$7,426
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield40$30,397$7,446
Bethesda NorthCincinnati51$24,361$7,473
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield23$36,266$7,495
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield35$51,385$7,500
Fairview HospitalCleveland28$29,934$7,542
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima20$31,771$7,572
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster18$25,165$7,727
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia14$34,485$7,830
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula12$31,663$7,961
Christ HospitalCincinnati36$30,958$8,032
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown95$39,484$8,097
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville20$53,477$8,279
Miami Valley HospitalDayton104$44,030$8,353
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth19$33,028$8,391
Aultman HospitalCanton46$33,731$8,404
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek28$44,604$8,405
Genesis HospitalZanesville30$26,358$8,461
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering73$48,211$8,479
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo107$65,503$8,501
Berger HospitalCircleville11$24,400$8,522
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville22$26,973$8,657
Akron General Medical CenterAkron52$43,222$8,834
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati35$48,123$8,918
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy14$39,515$8,923
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima38$45,363$9,061
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe13$30,044$9,078
Kettering Health DaytonDayton21$42,422$9,087
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus147$42,878$9,238
Summa Health SystemAkron54$70,504$9,246
Euclid HospitalEuclid15$41,881$9,330
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus50$48,234$9,530
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk12$26,449$9,757
Metrohealth SystemCleveland30$36,943$10,159
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus109$34,096$10,296
Doctors HospitalColumbus14$34,122$10,413
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati31$38,418$10,427
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo65$81,828$10,857
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo18$49,432$10,883
Grant Medical CenterColumbus25$43,927$11,155
Cleveland ClinicCleveland66$64,914$11,906
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake22$35,518$12,078
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland34$45,656$12,344
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati45$49,010$13,027
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon26$30,579$13,221

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.