51/100
#1,219 nationally
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 · (216) 952-9829
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cleveland Clinic billed $4.13 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 310
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #66
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
4,918 | $2,553 | $522 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
3,336 | $7,596 | $1,973 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
2,462 | $8,468 | $1,634 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,271 | $19,109 | $2,752 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,123 | $9,331 | $1,352 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,059 | $8,281 | $1,507 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
703 | $14,022 | $2,402 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
644 | $17,300 | $3,437 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
588 | $21,324 | $3,168 | -6% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
561 | $121,614 | $20,125 | -8% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,844 | $1,342 | +108% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay |
$222,460 | $49,445 | +107% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$110,231 | $24,468 | +95% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$133,776 | $46,463 | +95% |
|
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 303 · Inpatient stay |
$58,087 | $8,429 | +92% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$139,498 | $31,464 | +83% |
|
Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 987 · Inpatient stay |
$262,737 | $55,318 | +82% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$193,412 | $40,387 | +82% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Concomitant Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Cardiac Ablation
MS-DRG 317 · Inpatient stay |
$156,191 | $61,393 | -55% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive
MS-DRG 456 · Inpatient stay |
$224,090 | $127,633 | -50% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
$147,429 | $52,911 | -46% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Other Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 823 · Inpatient stay |
$195,543 | $48,145 | -41% |
|
Spinal Procedures with Complications or Spinal Neurostimulators
MS-DRG 029 · Inpatient stay |
$93,104 | $38,102 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,014 | $7,106 | -39% |
|
Kidney Transplant
MS-DRG 652 · Inpatient stay |
$180,753 | $38,109 | -39% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Major Complications or Disc Device or
MS-DRG 518 · Inpatient stay |
$125,674 | $33,265 | -39% |
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.