US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Ohio

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$33,004typical hospital bill
$9,024typical amount paid
$6,425–$15,287range paid across 86 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,004 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Memorial HospitalFremont15$28,521$6,425
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta26$29,864$6,564
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon30$28,124$7,051
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights56$27,153$7,174
Medina HospitalMedina28$25,159$7,537
Lake HealthConcord68$34,693$7,552
Parma Community General HospitalParma59$28,714$7,651
Wooster Community HospitalWooster24$16,137$7,662
University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria26$29,687$7,686
Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy26$35,228$7,817
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay35$22,146$7,862
Mercy Medical CenterCanton50$29,908$7,868
Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights34$33,946$7,885
University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna31$34,801$7,985
Mercy Health - Fairfield HospitalFairfield32$33,803$7,997
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin47$30,811$8,001
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton18$35,427$8,050
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati36$35,419$8,139
Mh St Joseph Warren HospitalWarren20$34,279$8,152
Mercy Health-Anderson HospitalCincinnati29$40,272$8,184
Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield34$35,949$8,239
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood39$28,466$8,242
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights83$38,265$8,245
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark24$28,843$8,272
Union HospitalDover15$26,529$8,286
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain21$32,560$8,292
West Chester HospitalWest Chester67$30,290$8,364
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield20$39,010$8,376
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis16$34,976$8,416
East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool19$21,057$8,452
Mercy Health - Clermont HospitalBatavia19$31,915$8,560
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima30$24,974$8,583
Marion General HospitalMarion30$24,410$8,642
Euclid HospitalEuclid11$34,334$8,655
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterBoardman28$33,519$8,678
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville45$39,484$8,681
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky34$19,801$8,710
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima49$44,151$8,713
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical CenterAshland11$15,811$8,757
Kettering Health MiamisburgMiamisburg28$36,424$8,830
Fairview HospitalCleveland48$41,280$8,846
Bethesda NorthCincinnati98$19,912$8,942
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster29$24,282$8,993
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek35$37,290$9,056
Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula24$28,559$9,168
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin23$33,448$9,174
Miami Valley HospitalDayton94$44,326$9,263
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon12$31,418$9,347
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering38$36,648$9,401
South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights26$31,013$9,423
Mercy Health - Tiffin HospitalTiffin15$29,269$9,423
Christ HospitalCincinnati37$33,904$9,429
Salem Regional Medical CenterSalem13$24,395$9,446
Insight Hospital and Medical Center TrumbullWarren18$55,031$9,514
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown44$40,751$9,559
Berger HospitalCircleville11$15,956$9,589
Akron General Medical CenterAkron65$34,914$9,594
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth16$27,702$9,645
Genesis HospitalZanesville41$26,755$9,723
Mount Carmel East & WestColumbus87$44,698$9,738
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe37$38,881$9,777
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati27$29,977$9,790
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo57$56,789$9,880
Trinity Medical Ctr East &trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville23$20,859$9,937
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus72$39,402$10,097
Aultman HospitalCanton39$37,476$10,106
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater13$17,692$10,145
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware20$23,455$10,673
Kettering Health DaytonDayton28$45,747$10,724
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge15$28,196$10,836
Fisher-Titus HospitalNorwalk18$20,833$11,232
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati38$27,808$11,246
Grant Medical CenterColumbus32$38,656$11,528
Metrohealth SystemCleveland26$33,944$11,549
Doctors HospitalColumbus21$44,319$12,073
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo88$63,638$12,291
Summa Health SystemAkron36$68,645$12,668
Mary Rutan HospitalBellefontaine15$20,683$12,912
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus65$42,202$13,149
Cleveland ClinicCleveland52$50,222$13,157
Ohiohealth O'Bleness HospitalAthens17$27,993$13,266
Uh St John Medical CenterWestlake53$26,578$13,611
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland25$48,754$13,787
University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo24$48,886$13,950
Uh Regional HospitalsChardon30$27,891$15,057
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati38$40,164$15,287

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.