42/100
#1,540 nationally
University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc
3188 Bellevue Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219 · (513) 584-1000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc billed $4.48 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 165
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #86
- 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 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
254 | $2,960 | $246 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $11,989 | $1,350 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $10,282 | $1,583 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $23,506 | $2,778 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $13,640 | $2,280 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $16,149 | $1,499 | +25% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $30,747 | $3,084 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $18,013 | $1,874 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
134 | $96,046 | $25,434 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $26,135 | $2,620 | +37% |
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,242 | $3,536 | +124% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,814 | $1,930 | +111% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$106,491 | $23,096 | +101% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,389 | $4,428 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,316 | $1,125 | +61% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,933 | $3,249 | +59% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$94,826 | $19,376 | +55% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,820 | $2,032 | +51% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Minor Skin Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 607 · Inpatient stay |
$12,595 | $10,657 | -67% |
|
Acute Adjustment Reaction and Psychosocial Dysfunction
MS-DRG 880 · Inpatient stay |
$17,914 | $10,877 | -56% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,896 | $4,869 | -40% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$20,996 | $10,490 | -31% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,640 | $2,280 | -30% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$38,565 | $16,050 | -28% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$29,561 | $11,759 | -27% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$28,312 | $10,954 | -27% |
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.