US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Michigan

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$21,726typical hospital bill
$7,084typical amount paid
$5,397–$11,682range paid across 56 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,726 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 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
McLaren Bay RegionBay City21$18,468$5,397
Oaklawn HospitalMarshall13$23,272$5,741
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron18$19,615$5,799
Chelsea HospitalChelsea31$20,112$5,830
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy200$23,789$5,853
Memorial HealthcareOwosso16$30,799$5,886
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield48$20,077$6,080
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw62$20,590$6,188
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeGrosse Pointe35$20,792$6,206
Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw16$20,736$6,251
Holland HospitalHolland19$24,269$6,295
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek37$25,254$6,306
Beaumont Hospital - TaylorTaylor35$31,391$6,477
Wyandotte Hospital and Medical CenterWyandotte33$22,100$6,593
Promedica Charles and Virginia Hickman HospitalAdrian12$29,584$6,640
McLaren Northern MichiganPetoskey14$20,159$6,662
Dickinson County Memorial HospitalIron Mountain21$21,572$6,712
Lakeland Hospital, St JosephSt Joseph28$18,479$6,747
Ascension Providence Rochester HospitalRochester35$21,796$6,749
Insight Hospital and Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater33$18,248$6,780
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor105$22,627$6,836
Corewell Health Trenton HospitalTrenton65$30,417$6,837
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena11$18,281$6,906
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland38$18,068$6,906
Corewell Health Big Rapids HospitalBig Rapids18$15,113$6,948
McLaren Lapeer RegionLapeer17$20,008$7,011
Promedica Monroe Regional HospitalMonroe14$19,857$7,081
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City46$18,890$7,081
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon12$21,655$7,087
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield69$22,236$7,097
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalClinton Township65$22,086$7,103
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township25$34,357$7,126
Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWayne29$28,467$7,163
McLaren MacombMount Clemens14$20,631$7,202
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo62$22,443$7,226
Mymichigan Medical Center ClareClare12$17,902$7,310
McLaren FlintFlint35$20,211$7,365
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing24$28,170$7,432
Corewell Health Ludington HospitalLudington15$21,872$7,435
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac75$24,508$7,436
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn49$27,848$7,437
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren26$23,963$7,484
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling11$19,850$7,500
St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaLivonia72$22,855$7,512
Ascension Genesys HospitalGrand Blanc33$20,600$7,514
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson27$31,196$7,553
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak139$26,598$7,892
McLaren Greater LansingLansing19$22,696$7,921
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit36$18,210$7,967
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids55$19,209$8,071
Spectrum Health United HospitalGreenville12$16,962$8,087
Hurley Medical CenterFlint24$20,194$8,148
Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsFarmington Hills47$24,532$8,382
Trinity Health Livingston HospitalHowell14$20,754$8,437
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor69$35,846$10,324
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit38$24,919$11,682

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.