CostGrade
B

62/100

#875 nationally

Licking Memorial Hospital

1320 West Main Street, Newark, OH 43055 · (740) 348-4000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Licking Memorial Hospital billed $4.16 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
4.2x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
63
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OH
#38
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.

Inpatient charge markup 21.5/35

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.8/25

Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.4/30

Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.9/10

Better than 60% 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

429 $11,082 $2,072 -6%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

386 $15,429 $2,397 -21%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

211 $47,030 $14,348 -28%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

100 $9,232 $1,375 -8%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

89 $12,095 $1,805 -6%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $5,961 $605 +90%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

77 $26,209 $9,085 -40%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $53,911 $11,603 -14%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

66 $10,684 $1,706 -6%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

57 $22,811 $4,563 -17%

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

$5,961 $605 +90%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$30,513 $2,919 +21%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,062 $1,432 +17%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$57,443 $12,436 +9%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,082 $2,072 -6%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,684 $1,706 -6%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,095 $1,805 -6%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,883 $2,796 -7%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$29,982 $12,922 -63%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,261 $4,914 -52%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$25,705 $10,560 -49%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

$17,285 $6,529 -47%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$95,252 $32,146 -46%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$17,705 $6,518 -42%
COPD (with complications)

MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay

$19,332 $6,369 -42%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$24,547 $8,088 -41%

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.
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