CostGrade
C

50/100

#1,258 nationally

Metrohealth System

2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109 · (216) 778-7089

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Metrohealth System billed $4.75 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
4.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
105
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OH
#69
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 20.5/35

Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 4.3/25

Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 18.6/30

Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.9/10

Better than 69% 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

351 $18,030 $1,481 -7%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

275 $3,266 $259 +4%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

243 $8,381 $848 -29%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

206 $8,086 $705 -20%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

187 $67,212 $17,974 +3%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

129 $39,739 $4,762 -36%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

111 $52,551 $11,272 +21%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

111 $8,036 $940 -38%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

105 $9,997 $809 -12%
Level 4 ENT Procedures

APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit

94 $15,414 $2,257 -19%

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 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$51,760 $2,704 +43%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$37,724 $8,987 +23%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$52,551 $11,272 +21%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$44,260 $3,752 +12%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

$57,123 $12,738 +11%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$43,081 $10,910 +10%
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,778 $2,455 +10%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$35,482 $10,615 +8%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications

MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay

$17,904 $7,229 -67%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$35,034 $17,982 -59%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$51,695 $10,308 -54%
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications

MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay

$58,975 $20,004 -51%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$41,646 $12,770 -48%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$22,572 $9,442 -45%
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,897 $3,309 -44%
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications

MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay

$48,560 $20,146 -44%

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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