63/100
#857 nationally
Southwest General Health Center
18697 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 · (440) 816-8000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southwest General Health Center billed $4.34 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 113
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #36
- 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 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% 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 |
638 | $15,613 | $2,287 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
411 | $46,733 | $12,023 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $11,991 | $1,963 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $43,929 | $11,032 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $7,869 | $1,615 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $11,045 | $1,711 | -15% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $6,250 | $1,540 | -77% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $8,375 | $1,278 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $8,243 | $1,320 | -18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $30,639 | $8,491 | -29% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,766 | $562 | +116% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,272 | $1,327 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,991 | $1,963 | about average |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,484 | $2,892 | about average |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,161 | $4,059 | about average |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,917 | $5,263 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,343 | $2,312 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,045 | $1,711 | -15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,250 | $1,540 | -77% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$75,583 | $25,571 | -59% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$35,306 | $14,235 | -56% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$33,853 | $10,917 | -54% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$53,121 | $18,135 | -53% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$38,135 | $12,447 | -50% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh with Major
MS-DRG 562 · Inpatient stay |
$26,865 | $9,241 | -50% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$39,673 | $12,549 | -49% |
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.