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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $9,373 per stay at 1,284 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $7,503 and $10,232.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $9,373
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $7,503–$10,232
- Medicare’s share
- $7,114
- Average billed charge
- $50,120
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,284
Hospitals in Ohio
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 57 hospitals
- $8,251
- Median hospital
- $7,896
- Lowest to highest
- $5,818–$11,843
- Medicare stays
- 1,814
57 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medina Hospital | 11 | $5,818 | 38% below the national average | $4,711 | $19,955 |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital | 26 | $6,193 | 34% below the national average | $4,521 | $22,892 |
| Southwest General Health Center | 49 | $6,223 | 34% below the national average | $4,336 | $27,594 |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center | 15 | $6,385 | 32% below the national average | $5,297 | $43,020 |
| Parma Community General Hospital | 22 | $6,486 | 31% below the national average | $5,134 | $29,941 |
| Hillcrest Hospital | 69 | $6,514 | 31% below the national average | $5,118 | $27,709 |
| Lake Health | 22 | $6,515 | 30% below the national average | $4,766 | $24,998 |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital | 21 | $6,530 | 30% below the national average | $5,324 | $34,188 |
| Wooster Community Hospital | 11 | $6,589 | 30% below the national average | $5,105 | $16,457 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | 24 | $6,652 | 29% below the national average | $5,057 | $26,262 |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital | 21 | $6,680 | 29% below the national average | $5,281 | $32,425 |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center | 13 | $6,719 | 28% below the national average | $5,339 | $25,512 |
| Atrium Medical Center | 16 | $6,749 | 28% below the national average | $5,297 | $31,340 |
| HMHP St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center | 21 | $6,847 | 27% below the national average | $5,392 | $25,583 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 22 | $6,870 | 27% below the national average | $5,264 | $26,714 |
| MH St Joseph Warren Hospital | 13 | $6,896 | 26% below the national average | $5,247 | $28,938 |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital | 19 | $6,904 | 26% below the national average | $5,205 | $27,090 |
| West Chester Hospital | 23 | $6,907 | 26% below the national average | $5,194 | $25,225 |
| Fairview Hospital | 56 | $7,067 | 25% below the national average | $5,520 | $25,230 |
| Firelands Regional Medical Center | 25 | $7,089 | 24% below the national average | $5,158 | $21,497 |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's | 25 | $7,126 | 24% below the national average | $5,893 | $29,690 |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital | 13 | $7,143 | 24% below the national average | $4,751 | $17,909 |
| Lima Memorial Health System | 17 | $7,182 | 23% below the national average | $5,763 | $26,462 |
| Bethesda North | 63 | $7,631 | 19% below the national average | $5,364 | $14,819 |
| MH St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital | 56 | $7,766 | 17% below the national average | $5,907 | $28,976 |
| Adena Regional Medical Center | 16 | $7,766 | 17% below the national average | $6,187 | $24,451 |
| South Pointe Hospital | 13 | $7,798 | 17% below the national average | $5,885 | $25,482 |
| Soin Medical Center | 14 | $7,816 | 17% below the national average | $6,131 | $36,535 |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health | 32 | $7,896 | 16% below the national average | $6,289 | $23,954 |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital | 14 | $7,983 | 15% below the national average | $3,148 | $26,159 |
| Genesis Hospital | 20 | $8,020 | 14% below the national average | $6,469 | $26,350 |
| Akron General Medical Center | 55 | $8,030 | 14% below the national average | $6,252 | $29,784 |
| Christ Hospital | 28 | $8,056 | 14% below the national average | $6,032 | $25,280 |
| OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital | 31 | $8,096 | 14% below the national average | $5,104 | $32,060 |
| Aultman Hospital | 33 | $8,135 | 13% below the national average | $5,679 | $25,832 |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital | 25 | $8,241 | 12% below the national average | $6,050 | $24,831 |
| Miami Valley Hospital | 84 | $8,265 | 12% below the national average | $6,034 | $36,914 |
| Kettering Health Main Campus | 62 | $8,328 | 11% below the national average | $5,784 | $48,748 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | 125 | $8,466 | About average | $6,485 | $27,889 |
| Marion General Hospital | 12 | $8,521 | About average | $5,694 | $23,041 |
| Trinity Medical Center East &Trinity Medical Center West | 18 | $8,756 | About average | $6,312 | $20,808 |
| Mount Carmel East & West | 37 | $8,795 | About average | $5,984 | $43,107 |
| Summa Health System | 32 | $8,914 | About average | $6,786 | $39,069 |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | 54 | $9,113 | About average | $6,348 | $52,470 |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital | 13 | $9,191 | About average | $8,061 | $14,919 |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center | 35 | $9,237 | About average | $5,467 | $45,206 |
| ProMedica Toledo Hospital | 56 | $9,277 | About average | $5,899 | $53,089 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 19 | $9,347 | About average | $6,897 | $19,605 |
| Kettering Health Dayton | 26 | $9,383 | About average | $6,363 | $40,230 |
| Ohio State University State Health System | 59 | $9,890 | About average | $6,922 | $35,871 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7,959 | $40K |
| 2021 | $8,469 | $42K |
| 2022 | $8,599 | $46K |
| 2023 | $9,001 | $47K |
| 2024 | $9,373 | $50K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 15 | 261 | $7,198 | $6,678–$7,444 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 276 | $7,405 | $6,803–$7,590 |
| Iowa | 15 | 446 | $7,532 | $6,781–$7,579 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 492 | $7,648 | $6,929–$8,342 |
| Louisiana | 13 | 336 | $7,658 | $6,700–$8,419 |
| Montana | 7 | 116 | $7,819 | $7,463–$8,038 |
| Kansas | 12 | 567 | $7,955 | $6,873–$8,028 |
| Missouri | 29 | 1,091 | $8,204 | $6,742–$8,237 |
| Ohio | 57 | 1,814 | $8,251 | $6,870–$8,914 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 300 | $8,257 | $7,136–$8,707 |
| Florida | 116 | 4,956 | $8,304 | $7,218–$8,890 |
| Indiana | 28 | 897 | $8,318 | $7,290–$8,346 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 338 | $8,356 | $7,349–$8,414 |
| Colorado | 20 | 466 | $8,431 | $7,705–$8,631 |
| North Dakota | 4 | 142 | $8,473 | $7,531–$8,811 |
| Virginia | 31 | 1,194 | $8,487 | $7,330–$8,464 |
| South Carolina | 24 | 662 | $8,491 | $7,159–$9,243 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 295 | $8,537 | $7,584–$8,830 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | 2,748 | $8,592 | $7,084–$9,175 |
| Alabama | 19 | 509 | $8,643 | $6,976–$8,231 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 322 | $8,645 | $7,478–$9,172 |
| Michigan | 42 | 1,528 | $8,667 | $7,911–$9,393 |
| Vermont | 1 | 31 | $8,707 | $8,707–$8,707 |
| Arizona | 22 | 739 | $8,733 | $7,413–$9,673 |
| Maine | 3 | 77 | $8,744 | $8,167–$8,915 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 484 | $8,798 | $7,216–$8,732 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 694 | $8,895 | $7,403–$8,898 |
| Tennessee | 26 | 808 | $8,900 | $7,224–$8,825 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 81 | $8,952 | $7,482–$10,259 |
| Idaho | 4 | 103 | $8,953 | $8,893–$9,256 |
| Texas | 83 | 2,642 | $8,978 | $7,716–$9,435 |
| Utah | 8 | 208 | $9,079 | $7,160–$9,467 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 139 | $9,101 | $8,076–$9,558 |
| North Carolina | 28 | 943 | $9,102 | $7,366–$9,191 |
| Delaware | 3 | 218 | $9,137 | $8,735–$10,572 |
| Washington | 23 | 508 | $9,217 | $8,203–$9,655 |
| Illinois | 62 | 2,172 | $9,297 | $7,563–$9,486 |
| Nevada | 13 | 468 | $9,378 | $8,495–$9,931 |
| Massachusetts | 38 | 1,673 | $9,466 | $7,936–$10,530 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 83 | $9,631 | $8,335–$10,319 |
| Alaska | 2 | 54 | $9,673 | $9,059–$10,063 |
| New Jersey | 48 | 1,949 | $9,831 | $8,208–$10,725 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 38 | $9,868 | $9,383–$10,184 |
| Oregon | 10 | 243 | $10,385 | $9,789–$11,180 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 106 | $10,417 | $10,203–$12,526 |
| Georgia | 34 | 1,003 | $10,614 | $7,765–$10,284 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 412 | $10,795 | $9,404–$10,640 |
| California | 126 | 4,008 | $11,463 | $9,954–$12,124 |
| New York | 72 | 3,118 | $12,009 | $9,136–$13,026 |
| Maryland | 30 | 1,161 | $12,869 | $10,118–$15,578 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 62 | $12,935 | $12,011–$15,135 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.