Comprehensive Observation Services in Ohio
What 116 hospitals in Ohio charged and were paid for comprehensive observation services (APC 8011), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$17,047
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$2,317
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$1,832
Average per service
State rank
#7 of 49
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Ohio billed an average of $17,047 for comprehensive observation services, about 7.4 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $2,317. That payment is 12% below the U.S. average of $2,634.
These are averages for patients with original (fee-for-service) Medicare. Private insurance pays different, negotiated prices, and what you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Use these figures to compare hospitals, not as a quote.
Paid $2,317Billed $17,047
About 14¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Ohio billed for this service.
Ohio hospitals: comprehensive observation services
Every Ohio hospital that billed Medicare for this service at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Services | Avg charge | Avg allowed | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Valley HospitalDayton | 1,203 | $20,175 | $2,343 | $1,856 |
| Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus | 1,156 | $13,829 | $2,398 | $1,900 |
| Hillcrest HospitalCleveland | 1,102 | $17,278 | $2,301 | $1,826 |
| Ohio State University HospitalsColumbus | 1,072 | $16,003 | $2,414 | $1,914 |
| Toledo Hospital theToledo | 1,048 | $33,515 | $2,380 | $1,882 |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvon | 897 | $15,415 | $2,311 | $1,837 |
| Genesis Healthcare SystemZanesville | 884 | $13,761 | $2,529 | $2,007 |
| Fairview HospitalCleveland | 783 | $16,358 | $2,313 | $1,838 |
| Kettering Medical CenterKettering | 733 | $22,484 | $2,438 | $1,939 |
| Cleveland Clinic - Akron GeneralAkron | 700 | $16,822 | $2,301 | $1,827 |
| Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta | 694 | $16,783 | $1,451 | $978 |
| Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights | 638 | $15,613 | $2,287 | $1,810 |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood | 606 | $14,684 | $2,319 | $1,845 |
| Grant Medical CenterColumbus | 524 | $14,490 | $2,403 | $1,904 |
| Christ HospitalCincinnati | 480 | $13,088 | $2,349 | $1,891 |
| St John Medical CenterWestlake | 437 | $15,093 | $2,293 | $1,824 |
| Cleveland Clinic - Main CampusCleveland | 429 | $15,976 | $2,287 | $1,814 |
| Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth | 414 | $14,605 | $2,490 | $1,983 |
| Aultman HospitalCanton | 403 | $15,444 | $2,315 | $1,841 |
| Firelands Community HospitalSandusky | 398 | $9,546 | $2,310 | $1,837 |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo | 390 | $21,208 | $2,390 | $1,892 |
| Bethesda North HospitalCincinnati | 386 | $12,729 | $2,317 | $1,832 |
| Licking Memorial HospitalNewark | 386 | $15,429 | $2,397 | $1,900 |
| Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin | 377 | $14,299 | $2,422 | $1,923 |
| Parma Community General HospitalParma | 368 | $15,289 | $2,184 | $1,712 |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's HospitalWesterville | 359 | $18,263 | $2,409 | $1,911 |
| Metrohealth SystemCleveland | 351 | $18,030 | $1,481 | $1,004 |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical CenterElyria | 338 | $14,732 | $2,296 | $1,829 |
| St Rita's Medical CenterLima | 337 | $22,176 | $2,313 | $1,837 |
| Upper Valley Medical CenterTroy | 333 | $21,148 | $2,294 | $1,818 |
| Medina HospitalMedina | 328 | $16,825 | $2,320 | $1,845 |
| Mount Carmel HealthColumbus | 324 | $21,094 | $2,384 | $1,889 |
| UH Regional HospitalsRichmond Heights | 320 | $16,451 | $2,299 | $1,826 |
| Knox Community HospitalMt Vernon | 317 | $15,022 | $2,512 | $1,995 |
| Marymount HospitalGarfield Heights | 316 | $17,538 | $2,316 | $1,844 |
| Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek | 308 | $22,846 | $2,380 | $1,880 |
| Blanchard Valley Health AssnFindlay | 307 | $11,880 | $2,318 | $1,843 |
| Mercy Medical CenterCanton | 306 | $19,722 | $2,281 | $1,806 |
| University Hospitals of ClevelandCleveland | 297 | $15,991 | $2,293 | $1,816 |
| Lake Hospital SystemPainesville | 291 | $15,265 | $2,236 | $1,760 |
| Union HospitalDover | 290 | $19,273 | $2,316 | $1,842 |
| St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterYoungstown | 288 | $21,228 | $2,303 | $1,830 |
| St Elizabeth Health CenterYoungstown | 287 | $22,161 | $2,310 | $1,836 |
| Marion General HospitalMarion | 284 | $11,588 | $2,356 | $1,869 |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater | 282 | $11,811 | $2,309 | $1,836 |
| Lima Memorial Health SystemLima | 281 | $15,573 | $2,355 | $1,867 |
| Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster | 268 | $11,516 | $2,397 | $1,898 |
| Atrium Medical CenterMiddletown | 268 | $19,560 | $2,326 | $1,841 |
| South Pointe HospitalWarrensville Heights | 255 | $17,846 | $2,320 | $1,847 |
| Kettering Medical Center - SycamoreMiamisburg | 248 | $23,339 | $2,441 | $1,942 |
| Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe | 234 | $13,630 | $2,355 | $1,867 |
| Fisher Titus Memorial HospitalNorwalk | 233 | $10,446 | $2,333 | $1,856 |
| Kettering Health DaytonDayton | 232 | $24,969 | $2,380 | $1,893 |
| Summa Health System - Akron CampusAkron | 222 | $28,425 | $2,180 | $1,704 |
| Mercy Hospital FairfieldFairfield | 218 | $16,939 | $2,363 | $1,879 |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield | 209 | $11,954 | $2,378 | $1,891 |
| Grand Lake Health SystemSt Marys | 207 | $12,608 | $2,332 | $1,856 |
| Wilson Memorial HospitalSidney | 199 | $13,538 | $2,423 | $1,923 |
| Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield | 197 | $24,600 | $2,389 | $1,892 |
| Mercy Hospital AndersonCincinnati | 195 | $16,798 | $2,361 | $1,875 |
| Memorial HospitalFremont | 192 | $18,796 | $1,958 | $1,483 |
| Bay Park Community HospitalOregon | 191 | $37,779 | $2,180 | $1,705 |
| Wood County HospitalBowling Green | 189 | $10,279 | $2,316 | $1,840 |
| Bellevue HospitalBellevue | 185 | $13,964 | $2,294 | $1,820 |
| Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis | 180 | $12,048 | $2,298 | $1,825 |
| Mercy Franciscan Hospital - Mt AiryCincinnati | 180 | $15,826 | $2,331 | $1,846 |
| Doctors HospitalColumbus | 173 | $14,156 | $2,387 | $1,893 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati | 166 | $13,386 | $2,369 | $1,885 |
| University Hospital, INCCincinnati | 165 | $13,640 | $2,280 | $1,801 |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton | 165 | $21,724 | $2,358 | $1,874 |
| Salem Community HospitalSalem | 164 | $10,704 | $2,318 | $1,844 |
| Wooster Community HospitalWooster | 161 | $9,215 | $2,330 | $1,854 |
| Euclid HospitalEuclid | 156 | $16,726 | $2,314 | $1,838 |
| University of Toledo Medical CenterToledo | 152 | $21,576 | $2,326 | $1,850 |
| O'bleness Memorial HospitalAthens | 148 | $15,376 | $2,525 | $2,001 |
| Memorial Hospital of Union CountyMarysville | 143 | $11,460 | $2,407 | $1,909 |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East&Trinity Medical Ctr WestSteubenville | 138 | $11,942 | $2,236 | $1,761 |
| Jewish Hospital, LLCCincinnati | 130 | $13,637 | $2,322 | $1,837 |
| Mary Rutan HospitalBellefontaine | 130 | $11,510 | $2,591 | $2,064 |
| Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula | 128 | $14,866 | $2,495 | $1,988 |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional HospitalWilmington | 128 | $13,769 | $2,315 | $1,840 |
| Alliance Community HospitalAlliance | 122 | $8,826 | $2,300 | $1,825 |
| Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain | 122 | $17,721 | $2,306 | $1,831 |
| Arthur G James Cancer HospitalColumbus | 117 | $16,424 | $2,184 | $1,730 |
| Kettering Health TroyTroy | 110 | $21,406 | $2,324 | $1,846 |
| Mercy Hospital of TiffinTiffin | 103 | $15,716 | $2,319 | $1,846 |
| West Chester Medical CenterWest Chester | 102 | $16,874 | $2,232 | $1,748 |
| Wayne HospitalGreenville | 92 | $12,564 | $2,305 | $1,828 |
| Community Hospitals and Wellness CentersBryan | 86 | $8,745 | $2,446 | $1,949 |
| Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware | 84 | $12,875 | $2,424 | $1,927 |
| St Joseph Health CenterWarren | 81 | $21,818 | $2,283 | $1,810 |
| Madison County Hospital INCLondon | 77 | $17,134 | $2,397 | $1,897 |
| Mercy Hospital ClermontBatavia | 77 | $17,017 | $2,312 | $1,828 |
| McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford | 73 | $12,081 | $2,328 | $1,845 |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical CenterRavenna | 71 | $15,744 | $2,277 | $1,809 |
| East Ohio Regional HospitalMartins Ferry | 69 | $10,760 | $2,329 | $1,856 |
| Joel Pomerene Memorial HospitalMillersburg | 67 | $7,939 | $2,246 | $1,773 |
| Samaritan Hospital - Peoples HospitalAshland | 66 | $11,130 | $2,301 | $1,828 |
| Mercy Hospital of DefianceDefiance | 60 | $10,957 | $2,446 | $1,949 |
| Berger HospitalCircleville | 58 | $11,775 | $2,372 | $1,881 |
| Greene Memorial HospitalXenia | 57 | $20,386 | $2,341 | $1,865 |
| Coshocton County Memorial HospitalCoshocton | 54 | $30,145 | $2,347 | $1,840 |
| Van Wert County HospitalVan Wert | 52 | $10,982 | $2,446 | $1,949 |
| Trumbull Memorial HospitalWarren | 46 | $25,870 | $2,251 | $1,775 |
| Summa Western Reserve HospitalCuyahoga Falls | 45 | $46,074 | $2,288 | $1,814 |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital LLCMason | 42 | $19,264 | $2,335 | $1,851 |
| Lutheran HospitalCleveland | 34 | $19,242 | $2,337 | $1,862 |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge | 23 | $13,130 | $2,495 | $1,988 |
| Children's Hosp Medical CenterCincinnati | 14 | $18,480 | $2,380 | $1,897 |
| East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool | 11 | $22,426 | $1,992 | $1,518 |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical HospitalNew Albany | – | – | – | – |
| Diley Ridge Medical CenterCanal Winchester | – | – | – | – |
| Avita OntarioOntario | – | – | – | – |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical CenterBeachwood | – | – | – | – |
| Children's Hosp Medical CenterAkron | – | – | – | – |
| Nationwide Children's HospitalColumbus | – | – | – | – |
Lowest and highest allowed amounts in Ohio
Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare services. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.
Lowest
| Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta, OH | $1,451 |
|---|---|
| Metrohealth SystemCleveland, OH | $1,481 |
| Memorial HospitalFremont, OH | $1,958 |
| East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool, OH | $1,992 |
| Bay Park Community HospitalOregon, OH | $2,180 |
Highest
| Mary Rutan HospitalBellefontaine, OH | $2,591 |
|---|---|
| Genesis Healthcare SystemZanesville, OH | $2,529 |
| O'bleness Memorial HospitalAthens, OH | $2,525 |
| Knox Community HospitalMt Vernon, OH | $2,512 |
| Ashtabula County Medical CenterAshtabula, OH | $2,495 |
Comprehensive Observation Services in other states
Questions
How much does comprehensive observation services cost in Ohio?
In 2024 Medicare data, comprehensive observation services (APC 8011) at 116 hospitals in Ohio was billed at $17,047 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $2,317, of which Medicare paid $1,832. Your own cost depends on your insurance, deductible and the hospital.
Why are hospital charges so much higher than payments?
Charges are a hospital's list prices. Medicare pays fixed rates set in advance, and private insurers negotiate their own discounts, so almost nobody pays the full charge. For this service in Ohio, average charges were 7.4 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.
Source: CMS, Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. The allowed amount is Medicare's payment plus the patient's coinsurance. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 services for privacy. About the data.