25/100
#2,037 nationally
Summa Health System
525 East Market Street, Akron, OH 44309 · (330) 375-3000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Summa Health System billed $6.51 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 154
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #108
- 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.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
315 | $117,878 | $16,766 | +81% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $28,425 | $2,180 | +46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
210 | $77,573 | $11,617 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $10,392 | $1,342 | +3% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $58,431 | $10,631 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $27,743 | $4,853 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $35,655 | $2,719 | +41% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $24,949 | $4,286 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $4,022 | $572 | +28% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $18,670 | $2,880 | -10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$115,539 | $13,553 | +144% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$105,170 | $11,429 | +117% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$151,742 | $19,127 | +99% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$69,527 | $7,655 | +98% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$153,336 | $15,693 | +96% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,005 | $5,646 | +95% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$105,718 | $10,308 | +94% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$86,933 | $11,768 | +87% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay |
$66,252 | $20,087 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,865 | $8,756 | -28% |
|
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay |
$47,816 | $13,065 | -27% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$54,735 | $14,294 | -26% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$92,396 | $28,660 | -23% |
|
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay |
$64,362 | $14,665 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,743 | $4,853 | -21% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$60,896 | $15,467 | -19% |
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.