CostGrade
B

66/100

#766 nationally

Ohiohealth O'bleness Hospital

55 Hospital Drive, Athens, OH 45701 · (740) 593-5551

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ohiohealth O'bleness Hospital billed $2.68 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
2.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
22
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OH
#33
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 32.4/35

Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.0/25

Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 18.2/30

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.6/10

Better than 36% 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

148 $15,376 $2,525 -21%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

96 $39,694 $22,878 -39%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

63 $29,318 $16,019 -32%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

52 $2,573 $641 -18%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $76,923 $12,321 +23%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

38 $26,066 $16,267 -44%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

36 $25,615 $14,845 -47%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

31 $32,797 $20,008 -40%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

25 $51,273 $6,289 +29%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

24 $25,914 $12,562 -34%

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 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,601 $1,909 +44%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$38,322 $4,851 +40%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$51,273 $6,289 +29%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,219 $1,810 +25%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$76,923 $12,321 +23%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,937 $3,268 +11%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$83,584 $17,433 about average
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,573 $641 -18%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$23,566 $19,557 -59%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$25,615 $14,845 -47%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$32,852 $19,026 -46%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$26,066 $16,267 -44%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$32,797 $20,008 -40%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$39,694 $22,878 -39%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$20,966 $11,233 -36%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$33,818 $18,039 -36%

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