71/100
#625 nationally
St Elizabeth Ft Thomas
85 North Grand Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 · (859) 572-3100
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Elizabeth Ft Thomas billed $3.68 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 56
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #15
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% 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 |
258 | $9,620 | $2,366 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $49,721 | $13,600 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $13,959 | $1,679 | +23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $32,874 | $8,535 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $14,396 | $2,815 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $10,845 | $1,383 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $9,392 | $1,743 | -27% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $26,431 | $9,132 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $23,409 | $4,935 | -33% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $44,671 | $12,656 | -19% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,959 | $1,679 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,845 | $1,383 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,250 | $2,441 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,194 | $1,655 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,218 | $2,359 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,816 | $3,920 | about average |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,239 | $1,393 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,255 | $4,077 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$22,465 | $9,890 | -56% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$17,707 | $6,545 | -55% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,066 | $2,838 | -52% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$22,344 | $6,832 | -51% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$23,857 | $8,796 | -51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,620 | $2,366 | -51% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$30,752 | $10,281 | -50% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 516 · Inpatient stay |
$44,527 | $13,890 | -50% |
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.