US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$56,203typical hospital bill
$14,863typical amount paid
$8,620–$24,469range paid across 57 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,203 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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 HospitalMarietta22$40,375$8,620
Lake HealthConcord24$42,050$10,706
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton12$56,615$10,948
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon16$41,063$11,034
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield11$54,302$11,409
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay11$22,402$11,988
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain14$68,687$11,994
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy16$50,267$12,202
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville19$76,552$12,256
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria15$36,345$12,329
Parma Community General HospitalParma35$40,267$12,346
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati17$61,534$12,396
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield19$53,819$12,415
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights40$38,135$12,447
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati13$45,267$12,471
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood28$36,449$12,536
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield24$56,203$12,676
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna18$49,919$12,854
Marion General HospitalMarion25$34,783$13,181
West Chester HospitalWest Chester12$57,804$13,323
Mercy Medical CenterCanton19$46,594$13,542
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster14$24,651$13,549
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima16$42,896$14,106
Fairview HospitalCleveland35$60,680$14,120
Aultman HospitalCanton32$46,415$14,191
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky11$48,483$14,500
Bethesda NorthCincinnati45$40,728$14,529
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe18$51,121$14,642
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown59$68,005$14,863
Christ HospitalCincinnati28$58,406$15,096
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima27$87,531$15,371
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula13$36,339$15,401
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin15$53,826$15,483
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights25$77,428$15,739
Kettering Health DaytonDayton13$54,986$15,770
Miami Valley HospitalDayton114$98,050$15,929
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering53$77,990$16,162
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo105$99,863$16,247
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati37$73,265$16,324
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth16$52,383$16,375
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus134$69,021$16,523
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek23$65,916$16,611
Genesis HospitalZanesville25$31,623$16,706
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus52$77,902$17,154
Grant Medical CenterColumbus25$62,973$17,976
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo49$150,324$18,334
Akron General Medical CenterAkron56$70,417$18,593
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati50$62,011$18,748
Metrohealth SystemCleveland35$56,817$18,978
Summa Health SystemAkron43$151,742$19,127
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus135$73,300$19,739
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo14$78,401$20,291
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland71$86,080$21,724
Cleveland ClinicCleveland97$97,404$21,970
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake25$40,948$22,470
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati47$88,558$22,915
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon13$40,147$24,469

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.