77/100
#435 nationally
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
440 Hopkinsville Street, Greenville, KY 42345 · (270) 338-8000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital billed $3.23 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
- 3.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #7
- 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 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% 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 |
188 | $13,606 | $1,947 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $9,471 | $2,283 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $27,449 | $14,002 | -58% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $19,540 | $9,856 | -58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $19,241 | $10,111 | -56% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $26,725 | $4,841 | -24% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $17,043 | $6,399 | -47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $15,469 | $6,582 | -48% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $14,829 | $8,659 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $15,664 | $2,497 | -18% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,606 | $1,947 | +16% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,664 | $2,497 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,725 | $4,841 | -24% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$17,043 | $6,399 | -47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$15,469 | $6,582 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,471 | $2,283 | -51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$19,241 | $10,111 | -56% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$27,449 | $14,002 | -58% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$16,683 | $10,178 | -68% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$14,829 | $8,659 | -64% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$19,540 | $9,856 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$27,449 | $14,002 | -58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$19,241 | $10,111 | -56% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,471 | $2,283 | -51% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$15,469 | $6,582 | -48% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$17,043 | $6,399 | -47% |
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.