56/100
#1,064 nationally
Akron General Medical Center
1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH 44307 · (330) 344-6000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Akron General Medical Center billed $4.39 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 136
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #52
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,000 | $2,499 | $579 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
700 | $16,822 | $2,301 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
327 | $65,632 | $15,729 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
277 | $8,371 | $1,723 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
246 | $10,895 | $1,366 | +8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
193 | $44,556 | $10,647 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
178 | $20,104 | $2,755 | -20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $12,581 | $2,908 | -39% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $19,087 | $4,403 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $47,804 | $10,924 | about average |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,389 | $4,503 | +56% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$179,024 | $30,960 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,437 | $7,031 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,482 | $1,379 | +18% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$109,858 | $24,188 | +17% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$48,040 | $10,221 | +15% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$90,574 | $19,667 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,729 | $1,643 | +12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$39,548 | $18,134 | -54% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$451,605 | $115,288 | -49% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$34,434 | $12,031 | -48% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$19,561 | $8,168 | -46% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur without
MS-DRG 494 · Inpatient stay |
$51,525 | $15,101 | -42% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$57,544 | $18,559 | -41% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$136,492 | $39,382 | -41% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$44,985 | $15,267 | -40% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.