80/100
#344 nationally
Good Samaritan Hospital
375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220 · (513) 862-2601
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Good Samaritan Hospital billed $3.18 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
- 3.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 97
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #11
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
217 | $6,430 | $1,389 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
192 | $50,243 | $17,950 | -23% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $13,386 | $2,369 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $5,740 | $1,620 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $40,893 | $11,326 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $6,012 | $1,659 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
115 | $39,305 | $12,396 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $8,067 | $2,019 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $13,076 | $2,979 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $11,330 | $2,715 | -41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$39,305 | $12,396 | -9% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$32,240 | $8,711 | -12% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$49,490 | $17,248 | -12% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$28,636 | $9,038 | -14% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$68,935 | $18,047 | -15% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,637 | $4,211 | -15% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,023 | $2,722 | -15% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$38,418 | $10,427 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$18,291 | $12,424 | -68% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$17,603 | $11,794 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,074 | $1,398 | -64% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$12,159 | $8,729 | -61% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 453 · Inpatient stay |
$188,587 | $71,165 | -57% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$15,011 | $8,085 | -53% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$86,880 | $37,971 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,740 | $1,620 | -51% |
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.