79/100
#371 nationally
Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical Center
217 South Third Street, Danville, KY 40422 · (859) 239-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical Center billed $3.55 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 68
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #6
- 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 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% 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 |
368 | $10,929 | $1,971 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $978 | $569 | -69% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $13,169 | $2,347 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
131 | $34,157 | $12,990 | -48% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $47,367 | $11,059 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $17,627 | $4,928 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $6,854 | $1,612 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $28,133 | $8,667 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $4,163 | $1,240 | -59% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $30,644 | $8,921 | -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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,341 | $4,919 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,942 | $9,186 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,929 | $1,971 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,988 | $5,612 | -17% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,212 | $1,026 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,059 | $2,809 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,960 | $1,662 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,892 | $9,462 | -22% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,578 | $1,753 | -72% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$978 | $569 | -69% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,155 | $1,398 | -64% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,806 | $4,281 | -61% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$72,010 | $32,257 | -60% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$40,740 | $15,562 | -59% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$46,432 | $17,927 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,163 | $1,240 | -59% |
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.