68/100
#695 nationally
Fairfield Medical Center
401 North Ewing Street, Lancaster, OH 43130 · (740) 687-8000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fairfield Medical Center billed $3.67 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
- 88
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #28
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% 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 |
268 | $11,516 | $2,397 | -41% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
240 | $39,143 | $14,305 | -40% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $10,026 | $2,073 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $7,245 | $605 | +131% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $12,819 | $2,879 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $27,531 | $9,792 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $15,569 | $2,815 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $19,874 | $5,013 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $10,648 | $1,793 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $7,918 | $1,450 | -21% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,245 | $605 | +131% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,499 | $3,094 | +35% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,632 | $2,796 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,741 | $5,409 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,667 | $1,688 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,792 | $3,409 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,627 | $2,427 | +6% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,525 | $6,120 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$24,651 | $13,549 | -68% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$20,879 | $8,991 | -58% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$25,856 | $11,107 | -55% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$18,171 | $7,950 | -52% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$24,989 | $9,851 | -51% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$23,804 | $10,024 | -51% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$27,513 | $8,924 | -50% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$63,046 | $23,327 | -49% |
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.