CostGrade
A

87/100

#151 nationally

Salem Regional Medical Center

1995 East State Street, Salem, OH 44460 · (330) 332-7214

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Salem Regional Medical Center billed $3.01 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
3.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
22
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OH
#5
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 31.9/35

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.8/25

Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.3/30

Better than 88% 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
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

173 $39,382 $11,186 -37%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

164 $10,705 $2,318 -45%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

85 $12,510 $1,983 +6%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $6,167 $1,364 -39%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

46 $25,092 $15,486 -62%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

42 $14,179 $4,319 -48%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

28 $9,641 $1,733 -25%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

26 $17,327 $10,547 -60%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

23 $24,056 $10,591 -48%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

22 $5,968 $1,619 -49%

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

$12,510 $1,983 +6%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,588 $2,712 -8%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,777 $2,754 -23%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,641 $1,733 -25%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,079 $2,967 -37%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$39,382 $11,186 -37%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,119 $2,418 -37%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,167 $1,364 -39%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$12,373 $8,221 -68%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$16,895 $9,754 -64%
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,115 $18,571 -64%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$15,630 $8,953 -63%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$25,092 $15,486 -62%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$17,327 $10,547 -60%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$23,146 $13,409 -58%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$14,359 $6,520 -52%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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