Updated April 2026

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours in Michigan

78 Michigan hospitals report Medicare totals for this DRG, averaging $49,342 (close to the $53,417 national mean), with a 3× spread from $23,997 to $74,700. 1 carry an A grade, 0 carry an F.

The Respiratory procedure Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours carries DRG code 208 in the CMS classification system. 2,717 hospitals in Michigan report payment data, averaging $53,417 per procedure — median $51,850, ranging from $15,600 to $118,257. The $15,600-to-$118,257 payment range is wide: the same DRG code can attract very different reimbursements across hospitals, reflecting differences in cost structure, patient complexity within the DRG, and regional pricing dynamics. The Medicare DRG system bundles cases by diagnosis-and-procedure groupings, so payment differences within a single DRG mostly track hospital-specific factors rather than case-mix.

Within Michigan, the 2,717 hospitals reporting this procedure span the full range of ownership types and hospital sizes. The state-specific average ($53,417) is shaped by which hospitals in the state see enough volume to report the DRG code at all. For patients with elective scheduling on Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours, the cost-comparison logic is straightforward: the per-procedure payment range is meaningfully wide, so the hospital chosen affects total cost. For patients in an emergency, the choice is functionally fixed — but the listed prices still matter for insurance-coverage and out-of-pocket planning.

About This Procedure

Respiratory DRGs include pneumonia, COPD, ventilator-supported respiratory failure, and chronic lung disease. Length of stay drives most of the cost spread, especially for ventilator cases that cross the 96-hour threshold.

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours is Medicare DRG 208 in the Respiratory category. National Medicare average for this DRG is $53,417 across 2,717 reporting hospitals. The state-level view here filters that universe down to Michigan only.

Cost Picture in Michigan

Michigan's average for this DRG sits close to the national Medicare mean. State-level differences are explained primarily by the regional Medicare wage index — the multiplier CMS applies to standardize DRG payments to local labor costs — alongside hospital case mix and the concentration of academic referral centers in the state's larger metros.

Within the state, the 3× spread between the lowest- and highest-reporting facility usually reflects length-of-stay differences, complication adjustments for sicker patients, teaching-status add-ons, and outlier payments for unusually long stays. Two hospitals reporting the same DRG can post meaningfully different totals without anything “wrong” happening at either site. For non-Medicare patients, the more relevant figure is the negotiated commercial rate published in each hospital's machine-readable file under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

Quality Alongside Price

For a planned admission, the most useful complement to the cost view is the hospital-specific quality data on CMS Care Compare. The site publishes risk-adjusted measures of mortality, readmission, complication, infection, and patient experience for every Medicare-participating hospital. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators feed many of these CMS measures.

For complex procedures, hospital-level case volume correlates with outcomes in published research, even after risk adjustment. CMS publishes case counts on Care Compare alongside outcome measures.

Hospitals in Michigan Reporting Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours

Sorted lowest to highest Medicare total payment. Pricing is informational and should be considered alongside CMS quality measures.

#	Hospital	City	Payment	Quality	Grade
1	Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital Dowagiac	Dowagiac	$23,997	Not Rated	C
2	University Of Michigan Health - West Wyoming	Wyoming	$24,227	★★★★☆	B
3	Ascension St Mary's Hospital Saginaw	Saginaw	$27,567	★★☆☆☆	C
4	Iron Mountain Mi Va Medical Center Iron Mountain	Iron Mountain	$30,242	★★★★★	B
5	University Of Michigan Health - Sparrow Eaton Charlotte	Charlotte	$31,181	Not Rated	C
6	Charlevoix Area Hospital Charlevoix	Charlevoix	$31,258	Not Rated	C
7	Insight Hospital And Medical Center Coldwater Coldwater	Coldwater	$32,653	★★☆☆☆	C
8	Samaritan Behavioral Center Detroit	Detroit	$32,970	Not Rated	C
9	Hills & Dales General Hospital Cass City	Cass City	$33,755	Not Rated	C
10	Henry Ford Health Behavioral Health Hospital Ferndale	Ferndale	$34,665	Not Rated	C
11	Munising Memorial Hospital Munising	Munising	$35,273	Not Rated	C
12	Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital Grayling	Grayling	$36,393	★★★☆☆	B
13	The Center For Forensic Psychiatry Saline	Saline	$36,556	Not Rated	C
14	Mclaren Flint Flint	Flint	$37,067	★☆☆☆☆	C
15	Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn	Dearborn	$38,221	★☆☆☆☆	D
16	Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics, Inc Iron River	Iron River	$39,499	Not Rated	C
17	Trinity Health Livingston Hospital Howell	Howell	$40,417	★★★★☆	B
18	Henry Ford Health St John Hospital Detroit	Detroit	$40,992	★★☆☆☆	C
19	Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital Allegan	Allegan	$41,939	Not Rated	C
20	Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin Gladwin	Gladwin	$42,140	Not Rated	C
21	Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	$42,377	★★★★☆	B
22	Caro Psychiatric Hospital Caro	Caro	$42,518	Not Rated	C
23	Mckenzie Health System Sandusky	Sandusky	$42,741	Not Rated	C
24	Children's Hospital Of Michigan Detroit	Detroit	$42,981	Not Rated	C
25	Hurley Medical Center Flint	Flint	$43,286	★★☆☆☆	C
26	Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch West Branch	West Branch	$43,724	★★★★☆	B
27	Walter P Reuther Psychiatric Hospital Westland	Westland	$43,982	Not Rated	C
28	Forest Health Medical Center Ypsilanti	Ypsilanti	$44,546	Not Rated	C
29	Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital Manistique	Manistique	$45,190	Not Rated	C
30	Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit	Detroit	$46,516	★☆☆☆☆	D
31	Sparrow Ionia Hospital Ionia	Ionia	$46,756	★★★★☆	B
32	Sinai-Grace Hospital Detroit	Detroit	$46,870	★☆☆☆☆	D
33	Bronson Lakeview Hospital Paw Paw	Paw Paw	$47,149	★★★★☆	B
34	Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	$47,397	Not Rated	C
35	Garden City Hospital Garden City	Garden City	$48,611	★★☆☆☆	C
36	Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital Llc Warren	Warren	$49,926	Not Rated	C
37	Hillsdale Hospital Hillsdale	Hillsdale	$50,021	★★☆☆☆	D
38	Oaklawn Hospital Marshall	Marshall	$50,693	★★★★☆	B
39	Deckerville Community Hospital Deckerville	Deckerville	$50,787	Not Rated	C
40	Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit	Detroit	$50,819	★★★☆☆	B
41	Mclaren Caro Region Caro	Caro	$50,827	Not Rated	C
42	Henry Ford Allegiance Health Jackson	Jackson	$51,255	★★★☆☆	C
43	Scheurer Hospital Pigeon	Pigeon	$51,802	Not Rated	C
44	Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital And Clinics Laurium	Laurium	$52,792	Not Rated	C
45	Ascension Genesys Hospital Grand Blanc	Grand Blanc	$52,855	★★☆☆☆	C
46	Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital W Bloomfield	W Bloomfield	$53,786	★★★☆☆	C
47	Kalkaska Memorial Health Center Kalkaska	Kalkaska	$53,797	Not Rated	C
48	Va Ann Arbor Healthcare System Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	$54,435	★★★★★	A
49	Mclaren Greater Lansing Lansing	Lansing	$54,532	★★☆☆☆	C
50	Kalamazoo Behavioral Health Hospital Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	$54,921	Not Rated	C
51	Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit	Detroit	$55,113	★★★☆☆	C
52	Wyandotte Hospital And Medical Center Wyandotte	Wyandotte	$55,221	★★☆☆☆	C
53	Metropolitan Behavioral Health Dearborn	Dearborn	$55,377	Not Rated	C
54	Covenant Medical Center Saginaw	Saginaw	$55,973	★★☆☆☆	D
55	Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy	Troy	$56,062	★★★☆☆	C
56	Mercy Health Lakeshore Campus Shelby	Shelby	$56,329	Not Rated	C
57	The Behavioral Center Of Michigan Warren	Warren	$56,705	Not Rated	D
58	Lake Huron Medical Center Port Huron	Port Huron	$56,736	★★★★☆	B
59	Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Township	Clinton Township	$57,482	★★★☆☆	C
60	Harbor Oaks Hospital New Baltimore	New Baltimore	$57,565	Not Rated	C
61	Forest View Psychiatric Hospital Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	$58,070	Not Rated	C
62	Bell Hospital Ishpeming	Ishpeming	$58,913	Not Rated	C
63	Corewell Health Gerber Hospital Fremont	Fremont	$59,037	★★★★☆	B
64	Bca Stonecrest Center Detroit	Detroit	$59,476	Not Rated	D
65	Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital Watervliet	Watervliet	$59,755	Not Rated	C
66	Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital Big Rapids	Big Rapids	$59,771	★★★☆☆	C
67	Trinity Health Oakland Hospital Pontiac	Pontiac	$59,814	★★☆☆☆	C
68	Havenwyck Hospital Auburn Hills	Auburn Hills	$60,237	Not Rated	C
69	Promedica Charles And Virginia Hickman Hospital Adrian	Adrian	$60,954	★★★★☆	C
70	Healthsource Saginaw Saginaw	Saginaw	$61,276	Not Rated	C
71	Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor	Taylor	$62,761	★☆☆☆☆	D
72	Bronson Battle Creek Hospital Battle Creek	Battle Creek	$62,810	★★★★☆	B
73	Battle Creek Va Medical Center Battle Creek	Battle Creek	$63,298	Not Rated	C
74	Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital Grand Haven	Grand Haven	$65,239	Not Rated	C
75	Borgess Medical Center Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	$69,061	★★★☆☆	C
76	Three Rivers Health Three Rivers	Three Rivers	$69,410	★★★☆☆	C
77	Beaumont Hospital - Farmington Hills Farmington Hills	Farmington Hills	$72,658	★★☆☆☆	C
78	Bronson Methodist Hospital Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	$74,700	★★★★☆	B

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support >96 hours cost in Michigan?

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours (DRG 208) averages $49,342 in total Medicare payment across 78 Michigan hospitals reporting this code. Within the state, payments span $23,997 to $74,700 — about 3× from cheapest to most expensive.

Is Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours more or less expensive in Michigan than nationally?

Michigan's state-level average of $49,342 sits close to the national Medicare average of $53,417 for this DRG. State differences are driven primarily by the regional Medicare wage index, case mix, and the share of high-acuity referral hospitals.

Why is the spread between hospitals so wide?

Variation within a state runs 3× because the same DRG can come with different lengths of stay, complication adjustments, teaching-status add-ons, and outlier payments. The CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule publishes machine-readable rate files that allow direct comparisons against negotiated commercial rates, which often differ from Medicare totals.

Are these the prices a privately insured patient would pay?

No. Figures here are Medicare DRG payments. Privately insured patients are billed under their plan's negotiated network rate, published in each hospital's price-transparency file. Uninsured patients should ask the hospital for the cash-pay rate, also disclosed under federal price-transparency rules.

Should I choose a hospital based only on price?

No. HospitalCostData is informational. Surgeon experience, hospital volume for the procedure, complication rates, and your specific clinical situation matter at least as much as price. Always discuss options with your physician and review CMS Care Compare quality data alongside any pricing benchmark.

See the methodology page for DRG sourcing and Medicare wage-index context.

Sources & Citations

CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospital Payments (IPPS). DRG-level average covered charges, total payments, and Medicare payments per facility. data.cms.gov
CMS Hospital Compare (Care Compare). Star ratings, mortality, readmission, safety-of-care, and patient-experience measures. medicare.gov/care-compare
CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Standard charge files required from every Medicare-participating hospital. cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). National benchmarks, quality indicators, and clinical context for hospital outcome measures. ahrq.gov

Dataset last refreshed: April 2026. Underlying CMS files are public domain. Suggested citation: “HospitalCostData, hospitalcostdata.com, accessed May 24, 2026.”

This page is informational only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Care decisions should be made with a licensed physician.

Source: CMS Hospital Price Transparency, 2026.