29/100
#1,900 nationally
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital
630 Eaton Avenue, Hamilton, OH 45013 · (513) 867-2123
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital billed $5.99 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
- 6.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #106
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% 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 |
165 | $21,724 | $2,358 | +12% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
146 | $68,650 | $13,275 | +5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $87,060 | $11,132 | +39% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $41,101 | $8,756 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $14,015 | $1,410 | +39% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $55,200 | $11,911 | about average |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $62,258 | $11,020 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $32,428 | $2,753 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $18,824 | $1,618 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $42,197 | $2,838 | +67% |
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 |
$14,346 | $594 | +357% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,164 | $3,009 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,762 | $1,679 | +83% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,197 | $2,838 | +67% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,684 | $4,500 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,824 | $1,618 | +60% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,428 | $2,753 | +59% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,719 | $4,706 | +53% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$36,084 | $12,003 | -46% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$113,546 | $30,570 | -36% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$56,615 | $10,948 | -26% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$57,045 | $13,082 | -20% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$24,613 | $6,242 | -19% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$39,463 | $9,998 | -19% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$31,623 | $7,453 | -15% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$35,427 | $8,050 | -13% |
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.