80/100
#362 nationally
University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center
1025 Center St, Ashland, OH 44805 · (419) 289-0491
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center billed $3.29 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 25
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #13
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $8,973 | $1,968 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $14,905 | $2,781 | -28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $11,130 | $2,301 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $8,578 | $1,669 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $33,029 | $16,084 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $20,819 | $9,820 | -52% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $7,988 | $1,598 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $17,273 | $2,564 | -32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $17,219 | $4,403 | -37% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $19,313 | $9,947 | -59% |
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 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,632 | $2,944 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,981 | $4,609 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,857 | $2,712 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,110 | $1,619 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,973 | $1,968 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,298 | $9,356 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,347 | $3,287 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,905 | $2,781 | -28% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$11,473 | $5,935 | -64% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$15,811 | $8,757 | -61% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$19,313 | $9,947 | -59% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$13,280 | $6,239 | -58% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$13,242 | $5,898 | -57% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$24,656 | $12,413 | -55% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$14,092 | $6,680 | -54% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$14,277 | $6,417 | -52% |
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.