57/100
#1,045 nationally
Fairview Hospital
18101 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44111 · (216) 476-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fairview Hospital billed $4.68 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 140
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #50
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% 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 |
783 | $16,358 | $2,313 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
441 | $6,815 | $1,979 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
374 | $2,381 | $580 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
295 | $64,911 | $14,642 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
286 | $43,539 | $9,834 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $8,822 | $1,714 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
267 | $18,905 | $2,756 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
204 | $10,718 | $1,373 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $20,305 | $2,673 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $9,167 | $1,624 | -22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$107,106 | $16,052 | +37% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$83,306 | $12,667 | +24% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,626 | $4,613 | +21% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$49,053 | $10,832 | +17% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$55,564 | $9,790 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,763 | $1,367 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,260 | $5,567 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,718 | $1,373 | +6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,225 | $3,204 | -58% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$23,165 | $7,026 | -44% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$31,865 | $10,008 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,815 | $1,979 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,420 | $28,004 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,289 | $2,524 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,855 | $7,108 | -40% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$83,858 | $25,843 | -40% |
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.