59/100
#989 nationally
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
1201 Pleasant Valley Road, Owensboro, KY 42303 · (270) 417-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Owensboro Health Regional Hospital billed $4.11 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 114
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #20
- 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 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
631 | $10,583 | $2,493 | -46% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
353 | $45,383 | $17,507 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
263 | $10,684 | $1,483 | +6% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $82,341 | $12,046 | +32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
172 | $24,934 | $11,193 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $33,386 | $4,743 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
149 | $12,223 | $1,751 | +4% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $23,121 | $3,208 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $20,965 | $2,989 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $65,100 | $10,018 | -4% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,130 | $3,543 | +65% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$109,356 | $15,942 | +55% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$123,310 | $17,204 | +49% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,970 | $5,273 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$196,398 | $30,347 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,341 | $12,046 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,082 | $9,689 | +30% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$131,477 | $25,818 | +28% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$20,525 | $10,471 | -57% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$19,414 | $9,223 | -56% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$24,367 | $12,238 | -55% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$34,239 | $17,162 | -55% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$18,540 | $7,000 | -55% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$23,642 | $10,992 | -54% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$26,659 | $14,233 | -53% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 438 · Inpatient stay |
$33,052 | $14,590 | -52% |
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.