Pneumonia Cost in Michigan — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital
Marquette, MI
Gross charge $5,641Cash pay $3,384 - 2
Up Health System Portage
Hancock, MI
Gross charge $5,641Cash pay $3,384 - 3
Bell Hospital
Ishpeming, MI
Gross charge $5,641Cash pay $3,384 - 4
McLaren Bay Region
Bay City, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 5
Mclaren Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 6
Mclaren Northern Michigan (Acute Care)
Petoskey, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 7
Mclaren Flint
Flint, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 8
McLaren Greater Lansing
Lansing, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 9
McLaren Lapeer Region
Lapeer, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 10
McLaren Oakland
Pontiac, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 11
Mclaren Port Huron
Port Huron, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 12
Mclaren Macomb (Acute Care)
Mount Clemens, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 13
Karmanos Cancer Center
Detroit, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 14
McLaren Caro Region
Caro, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 15
McLaren Thumb Region
Bad Axe, MI
Gross charge $19,291Cash pay $9,646 - 16
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson
Carson City, MI
Gross charge $22,675Cash pay $5,669 - 17
Edward W Sparrow Hospital
Lansing, MI
Gross charge $22,675Cash pay $5,669 - 18
Sparrow Clinton Hospital
Saint Johns, MI
Gross charge $22,675Cash pay $5,669 - 19
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton
Charlotte, MI
Gross charge $22,675Cash pay $5,669 - 20
Sparrow Ionia Hospital
Ionia, MI
Gross charge $22,675Cash pay $5,669 - 21
University of Michigan Health-West
Wyoming, MI
Gross charge $93,182Cash pay $37,273 - 22
Ascension Providence Hospital - Southfield and Novi Campuses
Southfield, MI
Gross charge — - 23
MyMichigan Medical Center Alma
Alma, MI
Gross charge — - 24
Lake Huron Medical Center (Acute Care)
Port Huron, MI
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,229 - 25
MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena
Alpena, MI
Gross charge — - 26
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Gross charge — - 27
Covenant Medical Center
Saginaw, MI
Gross charge — - 28
Ascension St Mary's Hospital
Saginaw, MI
Gross charge — - 29
MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch
West Branch, MI
Gross charge — - 30
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
Tawas City, MI
Gross charge — - 31
Borgess Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kalamazoo, MI
Gross charge — - 32
Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
Royal Oak, MI
Gross charge — - 33
Henry Ford St. John Hospital
Detroit, MI
Gross charge — - 34
MyMichigan Medical Center Clare
Clare, MI
Gross charge — - 35
Henry Ford Hospital (Warren)
Warren, MI
Gross charge — - 36
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital
Grand Blanc, MI
Gross charge — - 37
MyMichigan Medical Center Midland
Midland, MI
Gross charge — - 38
Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital
Sault Ste Marie, MI
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension River District Hospital
East China, MI
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Rochester main entrance
Rochester, MI
Gross charge — - 41
Allergy Clinic | Brighton Center for Specialty Care
Brighton, MI
Gross charge — - 42
Saint Mary's Standish Community Hospital
Standish, MI
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Borgess - Lee Hospital
Dowagiac, MI
Gross charge — - 44
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
Gladwin, MI
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital
Allegan, MI
Gross charge —
Michigan hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 194) anywhere from $5,641 to $93,182 — a $87,541 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital in Marquette; the most expensive is University of Michigan Health-West in Wyoming. The state average sits at $21,665.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists pneumonia at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent pneumonia admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Michigan hospitals missing from the list either don't perform pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.