68/100
#694 nationally
Columbus Community Hospital, Inc
4600 38Th St, Columbus, NE 68601 · (402) 562-7118
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Columbus Community Hospital, Inc billed $3.73 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 38
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NE
- #7
- 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 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
456 | $2,628 | $1,305 | -78% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $3,413 | $631 | +9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $16,102 | $2,526 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $48,615 | $12,128 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $12,637 | $1,483 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $4,323 | $1,880 | -67% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $29,593 | $5,148 | -16% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $49,328 | $17,935 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $8,354 | $1,496 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $9,601 | $1,711 | -18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$47,530 | $13,378 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$66,571 | $21,248 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,637 | $1,483 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,413 | $631 | +9% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$33,588 | $8,742 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,553 | $4,715 | about average |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$49,328 | $17,935 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$38,689 | $11,607 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,104 | $1,600 | -79% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,628 | $1,305 | -78% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,323 | $1,880 | -67% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,367 | $3,111 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$27,563 | $12,510 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,405 | $9,493 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Nerve Procedures
APC 5432 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,253 | $6,147 | -30% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$21,598 | $8,356 | -29% |
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.