CostGrade
B

77/100

#421 nationally

Ashtabula County Medical Center

2420 Lake Avenue, Ashtabula, OH 44004 · (440) 997-2262

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ashtabula County Medical Center billed $3.08 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
3.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
47
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OH
#15
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
3/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 27.3/35

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 16.9/25

Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.2/30

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.6/10

Better than 86% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

305 $9,271 $2,102 -21%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

128 $14,866 $2,495 -24%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

111 $41,051 $15,354 -37%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

90 $22,222 $10,117 -49%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $3,818 $623 +22%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

46 $29,137 $10,367 -37%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

45 $10,769 $2,498 -39%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

41 $27,347 $13,091 -50%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

38 $7,837 $1,478 -22%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

35 $18,667 $2,974 -26%

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 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,818 $623 +22%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,658 $2,996 about average
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,596 $1,734 -18%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$38,184 $9,715 -21%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,271 $2,102 -21%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,837 $1,478 -22%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,866 $2,495 -24%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,667 $2,974 -26%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$20,813 $10,292 -57%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$36,339 $15,401 -52%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$25,598 $11,822 -52%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay

$15,738 $6,278 -51%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$27,347 $13,091 -50%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

$36,222 $13,844 -49%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$22,222 $10,117 -49%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$18,560 $10,715 -49%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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