62/100
#898 nationally
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
3999 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH 44122 · (216) 593-5511
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center billed $4.59 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 107
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #41
- 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 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
606 | $14,684 | $2,319 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
356 | $3,566 | $581 | +14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
193 | $32,149 | $8,966 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $10,055 | $1,618 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $8,154 | $1,731 | -37% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $24,974 | $4,336 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $26,066 | $2,774 | +3% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
147 | $58,312 | $11,092 | -7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
118 | $50,350 | $13,054 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $29,509 | $4,896 | -16% |
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 |
$3,566 | $581 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,952 | $1,367 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,066 | $2,774 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,285 | $5,374 | about average |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$102,700 | $13,544 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,360 | $2,714 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,897 | $1,324 | about average |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,647 | $4,999 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$22,363 | $9,176 | -53% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$36,449 | $12,536 | -52% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$22,907 | $7,117 | -47% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$27,431 | $9,439 | -47% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$30,729 | $11,097 | -46% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$22,407 | $6,409 | -45% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$64,198 | $18,464 | -43% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$57,289 | $15,873 | -43% |
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.