49/100
#1,296 nationally
Riverside Methodist Hospital
3535 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43214 · (614) 566-5000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Riverside Methodist Hospital billed $4.53 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 261
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #71
- 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 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 |
1,156 | $13,829 | $2,398 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
485 | $18,177 | $2,893 | -28% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
481 | $73,035 | $17,547 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
404 | $122,073 | $21,040 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
391 | $15,021 | $1,698 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
389 | $12,071 | $1,443 | +20% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
379 | $70,757 | $11,754 | +13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
351 | $46,263 | $10,895 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
279 | $50,221 | $9,742 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
216 | $42,994 | $5,103 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$71,940 | $14,014 | +99% |
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 743 · Inpatient stay |
$123,894 | $10,600 | +93% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,710 | $1,638 | +74% |
|
Extracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay |
$112,806 | $15,048 | +68% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,045 | $6,757 | +67% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,889 | $4,384 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,481 | $3,347 | +61% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,634 | $1,806 | +60% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Other Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 823 · Inpatient stay |
$155,867 | $36,864 | -53% |
|
Headaches without Major Complications
MS-DRG 103 · Inpatient stay |
$21,903 | $7,865 | -52% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$32,382 | $13,330 | -51% |
|
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay |
$41,334 | $12,793 | -50% |
|
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face
MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay |
$279,978 | $105,339 | -48% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 453 · Inpatient stay |
$232,394 | $64,331 | -48% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$19,390 | $7,446 | -42% |
|
Pneumothorax with Major Complications
MS-DRG 199 · Inpatient stay |
$47,285 | $14,515 | -41% |
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.