35/100
#1,738 nationally
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital
3000 Mack Road, Fairfield, OH 45014 · (513) 870-7000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital billed $5.86 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 93
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #98
- 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 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% 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 |
218 | $16,939 | $2,363 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
188 | $65,034 | $13,328 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $20,366 | $2,720 | -19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $41,274 | $9,029 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $15,134 | $1,603 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $13,352 | $1,401 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $143,994 | $20,256 | +9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $71,482 | $11,029 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $41,801 | $4,844 | +19% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $152,152 | $23,480 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,022 | $594 | +315% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,959 | $5,671 | +67% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,799 | $3,315 | +42% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,844 | $4,500 | +38% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$55,307 | $7,071 | +34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,352 | $1,401 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,720 | $1,398 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,134 | $1,603 | +29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$28,723 | $8,806 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$25,583 | $6,969 | -31% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$36,638 | $10,250 | -31% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$34,668 | $10,502 | -31% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$28,853 | $6,882 | -30% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$54,302 | $11,409 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,419 | $12,107 | -28% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$34,523 | $8,345 | -27% |
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.