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.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
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
- 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.