DRG 549 · Musculoskeletal

Joint Infection Cost in Michigan — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.

State average
$53,936
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$18,747 – $205,781
low to high
Lowest $18,747 Highest $205,781

Michigan hospitals price joint infection (Medicare DRG 549) anywhere from $18,747 to $205,781 — a $187,033 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Holland Hospital in Holland; the most expensive is University of Michigan Health-West in Wyoming. The state average sits at $53,936.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling joint infection in Michigan, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Holland Hospital

    Holland, MI

    Gross charge $18,747
    Cash pay $11,248
  2. 2

    University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson

    Carson City, MI

    Gross charge $30,604
    Cash pay $7,651
  3. 3

    Edward W Sparrow Hospital

    Lansing, MI

    Gross charge $30,604
    Cash pay $7,651
  4. 4

    University of Michigan Health- Sparrow Clinton

    Saint Johns, MI

    Gross charge $30,604
    Cash pay $7,651
  5. 5

    University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton

    Charlotte, MI

    Gross charge $30,604
    Cash pay $7,651
  6. 6

    Sparrow Ionia Hospital

    Ionia, MI

    Gross charge $30,604
    Cash pay $7,651
  7. 7

    University of Michigan Health-West

    Wyoming, MI

    Gross charge $205,781
    Cash pay $82,312
  8. 8

    Three Rivers Health

    Three Rivers, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center Alma

    Alma, MI

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    Lake Huron Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Port Huron, MI

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    Cash pay $11,914
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    Hillsdale Hospital

    Hillsdale, MI

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    Spectrum Health

    Grand Rapids, MI

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    University of Michigan Health

    Ann Arbor, MI

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    Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw

    Saginaw, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch

    West Branch, MI

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    Borgess Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Kalamazoo, MI

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    Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak

    Royal Oak, MI

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    Henry Ford St. John Hospital

    Detroit, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center Clare

    Clare, MI

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    Henry Ford Hospital (Warren)

    Warren, MI

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    Henry Ford Genesys Hospital

    Grand Blanc, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center Midland

    Midland, MI

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    Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital

    Sault Ste Marie, MI

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    Ascension River District Hospital

    East China, MI

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    Ascension Rochester main entrance

    Rochester, MI

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    Saint Mary's Standish Community Hospital

    Standish, MI

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    Covenant Medical Center

    Saginaw, MI

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    Tawas St Joseph Hospital

    Tawas City, MI

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  35. 35

    Corewell Health Wayne Hospital

    Wayne, MI

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    Corewell Health Trenton Hospital

    Trenton, MI

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  37. 37

    DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital

    Detroit, MI

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    Bronson LakeView Hospital

    Paw Paw, MI

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    Corewell Health Pennock Hospital

    Hastings, MI

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