45/100
#1,433 nationally
Mercy Regional Medical Center
3700 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053 · (440) 960-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Regional Medical Center billed $5.36 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
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #77
- 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.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% 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 |
122 | $17,721 | $2,306 | -9% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
116 | $63,961 | $12,873 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $6,401 | $1,648 | -44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
91 | $41,001 | $9,077 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $29,794 | $2,758 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $11,583 | $1,342 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $58,916 | $11,022 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $35,717 | $5,989 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $12,479 | $1,558 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $52,981 | $9,386 | -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 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,706 | $1,308 | +38% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$146,551 | $18,284 | +29% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$60,471 | $9,349 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,794 | $2,758 | +18% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$62,073 | $10,550 | +17% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,352 | $2,659 | +17% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$70,855 | $11,201 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,583 | $1,342 | +15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,401 | $1,648 | -44% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$28,967 | $9,797 | -42% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,072 | $2,976 | -42% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$32,637 | $9,233 | -32% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$32,650 | $8,342 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,512 | $2,396 | -31% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$106,760 | $23,601 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,411 | $5,843 | -24% |
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.