82/100
#315 nationally
Wood County Hospital
950 West Wooster Street, Bowling Green, OH 43402 · (419) 354-8900
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wood County Hospital billed $3.35 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OH
- #8
- 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 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 |
189 | $10,279 | $2,316 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $4,493 | $1,628 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $8,039 | $1,726 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $4,862 | $1,982 | -59% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $13,077 | $2,975 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $5,048 | $570 | +61% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $37,942 | $11,063 | -39% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $24,861 | $6,021 | -38% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $16,543 | $4,354 | -40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $17,771 | $8,903 | -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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,048 | $570 | +61% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,276 | $2,668 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,058 | $2,762 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,655 | $1,553 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,221 | $1,449 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,077 | $2,975 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,861 | $6,021 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,039 | $1,726 | -38% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,625 | $13,197 | -61% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,493 | $1,628 | -60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$17,771 | $8,903 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,862 | $1,982 | -59% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$22,791 | $10,559 | -59% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$13,592 | $6,573 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,717 | $1,994 | -54% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$38,701 | $13,061 | -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.