39/100
#1,611 nationally
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.
3500 S Lafountain St, Kokomo, IN 46902 · (765) 776-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community Howard Regional Health Inc. billed $5.63 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
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 41
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IN
- #44
- 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 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $18,359 | $2,488 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $41,239 | $2,923 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $8,769 | $1,466 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $45,729 | $13,255 | -30% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $41,985 | $9,204 | -13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $31,064 | $9,410 | -28% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $83,867 | $11,324 | +34% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $22,093 | $6,799 | -33% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $36,621 | $9,726 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $102,811 | $9,348 | +52% |
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 |
$15,928 | $1,464 | +86% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,239 | $2,923 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,392 | $4,683 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$102,811 | $9,348 | +52% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,867 | $11,324 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,002 | $4,575 | +31% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$129,812 | $14,882 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,150 | $2,914 | +26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,716 | $1,692 | -43% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$22,093 | $6,799 | -33% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$24,774 | $10,248 | -31% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$20,789 | $6,128 | -30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$45,729 | $13,255 | -30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$31,064 | $9,410 | -28% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$37,917 | $10,346 | -28% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$30,268 | $7,397 | -27% |
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.