Bridge Michigan · October 13, 2026

Ten Largest Michigan Health Systems Decline to Disclose Facility-Fee Amounts in Bridge Survey

• Bridge Michigan sent inquiries to 10 of Michigan's largest healthcare systems and three rural hospitals, asking how much each collected last year in facility fees and what the fees funded; no hospital system would discuss dollar amounts, according to the report.
• Several systems responded with examples of overhead costs the fees help cover, including cybersecurity, electronic medical records and emergency staff who work around the clock, according to the report.
• Henry Ford Health declined to provide further information, McLaren Health Care said it would not provide a comment, and the Detroit Medical Center did not acknowledge the requests, according to the report.
• One rural hospital, Scheurer Health, discussed its fees: it expects about $125,000 this year against a $125 million budget, according to its CEO Ross Ramsey, as reported.
• State Rep. Curt VanderWall has introduced a bill that would ban hospitals from collecting facility fees for routine care at hospital-owned outpatient sites, for certain outpatient services delivered in a hospital, and for telemedicine appointments, according to the report.
• The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that addressing facility fees in Medicare Part B could save $157 billion over 10 years, according to the report.

Survey results, responses and estimates are as reported by Bridge Michigan; the systems' stated uses for the fees are documented in the source and included above. Original headline: "Michigan's biggest hospitals won't say how much they collect in facility fees".