76/100
#450 nationally
Bethesda North
10500 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 · (513) 865-1111
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bethesda North billed $3.31 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 181
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #17
- 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 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
420 | $41,957 | $14,996 | -36% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
386 | $12,729 | $2,317 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
337 | $6,428 | $1,398 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
302 | $1,481 | $353 | -93% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
280 | $34,975 | $10,486 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
250 | $19,565 | $2,822 | -22% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
214 | $40,587 | $11,432 | -35% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
186 | $80,263 | $23,666 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $20,899 | $4,908 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $7,790 | $1,639 | -34% |
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 |
$6,829 | $569 | +118% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,516 | $1,245 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,183 | $2,027 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,176 | $5,948 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,850 | $2,032 | -4% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$227,859 | $57,605 | -5% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,760 | $3,257 | -9% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$55,570 | $12,907 | -9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,481 | $353 | -93% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh with Major
MS-DRG 562 · Inpatient stay |
$15,145 | $9,325 | -72% |
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,010 | $8,197 | -69% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$22,304 | $12,733 | -69% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 535 · Inpatient stay |
$16,585 | $9,211 | -68% |
|
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications
MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay |
$15,355 | $7,028 | -63% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$14,819 | $7,631 | -62% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$36,728 | $16,646 | -62% |
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.