56/100
#1,084 nationally
Southern Ohio Medical Center
1805 27Th Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662 · (740) 356-8435
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southern Ohio Medical Center billed $4.37 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 86
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #56
- 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 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
414 | $14,605 | $2,490 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $3,555 | $621 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
211 | $49,225 | $16,283 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $5,281 | $1,426 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $67,446 | $9,790 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
178 | $24,489 | $2,934 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
143 | $28,474 | $10,607 | -34% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $71,932 | $11,609 | +15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $10,052 | $2,085 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $7,522 | $1,856 | -42% |
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 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,654 | $2,130 | +71% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,446 | $1,733 | +63% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,909 | $5,872 | +61% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,740 | $1,413 | +56% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,509 | $2,904 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,133 | $2,905 | +37% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$106,947 | $17,995 | +34% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,245 | $3,243 | +33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,817 | $1,700 | -68% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$19,997 | $14,134 | -60% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$32,731 | $15,783 | -59% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$30,656 | $13,134 | -55% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$39,232 | $16,115 | -51% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$17,754 | $7,439 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$25,328 | $10,248 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,281 | $1,426 | -48% |
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.