43/100
#1,490 nationally
Mercy Health - West Hospital
3300 Mercy Health Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45211 · (513) 215-5000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Health - West Hospital billed $5.43 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 90
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #84
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% 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 |
574 | $13,261 | $2,007 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
259 | $65,327 | $13,874 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $15,826 | $2,331 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $17,199 | $1,631 | +46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $41,228 | $9,060 | -5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $67,409 | $11,132 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $12,890 | $1,398 | +28% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $55,942 | $10,997 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $20,645 | $2,772 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $37,273 | $7,546 | -5% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,199 | $1,631 | +46% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,165 | $3,257 | +46% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,846 | $5,952 | +35% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,022 | $2,719 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,006 | $1,633 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,089 | $2,815 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,890 | $1,398 | +28% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,551 | $3,009 | +27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$29,964 | $9,453 | -46% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$48,499 | $16,085 | -44% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$27,834 | $9,726 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,476 | $2,032 | -41% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$29,541 | $9,426 | -41% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$45,267 | $12,471 | -41% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$27,261 | $6,767 | -34% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$24,366 | $6,043 | -34% |
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.