CostGrade
B

74/100

#509 nationally

Columbus Regional Hospital

2400 E 17Th St, Columbus, IN 47201 · (812) 379-4441

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Columbus Regional Hospital billed $3.32 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
91
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IN
#5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 25.7/35

Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 18.5/25

Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 23.4/30

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.0/10

Better than 60% 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

425 $39,938 $14,822 -39%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

306 $13,291 $2,446 -32%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

165 $29,449 $10,141 -32%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

143 $5,902 $1,492 -41%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $9,416 $1,729 -20%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

105 $22,202 $3,003 -12%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

83 $6,522 $2,144 -45%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $87,806 $21,288 -34%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $22,573 $2,902 +18%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

67 $28,753 $9,777 -38%

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

$18,185 $1,474 +112%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,573 $2,902 +18%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,883 $3,445 +5%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,503 $2,686 about average
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,476 $2,614 about average
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,217 $3,208 about average
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,646 $1,820 -10%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,202 $3,003 -12%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$18,404 $10,750 -63%
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

$28,378 $12,600 -59%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$16,580 $7,422 -55%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$25,699 $11,620 -55%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$25,164 $12,278 -54%
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay

$70,436 $23,366 -53%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$24,785 $9,817 -52%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$23,242 $9,523 -51%

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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