26/100
#1,992 nationally
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center
730 West Market Street, Lima, OH 45801 · (419) 227-3361
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center billed $6.32 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 136
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #107
- 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 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 |
337 | $22,176 | $2,313 | +14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
289 | $81,685 | $15,834 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
265 | $23,291 | $2,761 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $3,132 | $585 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
218 | $53,782 | $10,743 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $15,379 | $1,366 | +53% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $37,421 | $4,365 | +36% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $13,916 | $1,630 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $17,551 | $1,742 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $24,130 | $2,709 | +26% |
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 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,509 | $2,754 | +203% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$386,289 | $55,826 | +179% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,005 | $1,976 | +155% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,013 | $4,809 | +107% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,898 | $4,935 | +96% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$117,090 | $8,597 | +96% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,262 | $2,768 | +93% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,418 | $3,275 | +89% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$25,345 | $10,938 | -30% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$50,655 | $14,530 | -21% |
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$60,358 | $13,184 | -19% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$46,181 | $10,925 | -18% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$29,442 | $7,334 | -15% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$29,495 | $6,761 | -11% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$49,900 | $11,621 | -11% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$63,045 | $13,133 | -11% |
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.