CostGrade
A

89/100

#103 nationally

Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital

800 West Main Street, Coldwater, OH 45828 · (419) 678-4843

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital billed $2.66 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
2.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
31
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OH
#2
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.

Inpatient charge markup 31.8/35

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.0/25

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 27.0/30

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.0/10

Better than 80% 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

282 $11,811 $2,309 -39%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

91 $30,730 $11,186 -51%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $5,865 $1,983 -50%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

63 $17,196 $11,397 -60%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

59 $6,984 $1,733 -46%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

54 $10,974 $2,966 -47%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

44 $19,388 $4,910 -45%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

40 $21,281 $11,770 -54%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

36 $27,644 $17,160 -58%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

35 $4,970 $1,643 -56%

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 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,403 $1,363 +10%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,236 $581 +3%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$18,480 $7,217 -38%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,811 $2,309 -39%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,959 $1,619 -41%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,276 $2,712 -41%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

$47,431 $19,022 -43%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,531 $4,403 -43%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$17,196 $11,397 -60%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$22,324 $14,531 -59%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$27,644 $17,160 -58%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,757 $2,660 -57%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$17,692 $10,145 -57%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

$10,945 $4,993 -57%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,929 $3,187 -56%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,970 $1,643 -56%

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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