US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in Ohio

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$173,573typical hospital bill
$37,384typical amount paid
$14,746–$48,510range paid across 25 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $173,573 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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 HospitalMarietta14$122,256$14,746
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights14$149,493$31,919
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights24$159,255$32,043
Bethesda NorthCincinnati42$127,979$34,329
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima11$153,618$35,261
Christ HospitalCincinnati68$172,948$35,721
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown18$231,876$35,990
Miami Valley HospitalDayton49$234,530$36,489
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield18$214,913$36,806
Akron General Medical CenterAkron16$155,823$36,968
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus46$181,306$37,172
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering46$184,427$37,338
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima47$209,265$37,384
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus150$167,680$38,234
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo58$190,129$38,644
Aultman HospitalCanton60$173,573$38,684
Grant Medical CenterColumbus27$204,784$38,750
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield27$185,635$40,036
Genesis HospitalZanesville64$117,478$40,215
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus53$143,723$40,772
Cleveland ClinicCleveland112$148,977$42,604
Summa Health SystemAkron34$339,462$42,715
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland161$157,155$44,950
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati25$189,173$45,747
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo11$377,476$48,510

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.