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Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH charges 5.2x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 252 analyzed procedures, with only 2% classified as pricing outliers.

Cleveland, OH 44195 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 5/5

By Elena Vasquez , Medical Billing Research Lead · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
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Elena Vasquez leads hospital billing pattern analysis at BillRazor Research. She focuses on identifying overcharges, markup outliers, and patient advocacy strategies. Expertise: hospital billing patterns, overcharge analysis, patient advocacy.

252 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 3.7x2.1x15.0x
5.3x
Medicare markup ratio
OH lowestCleveland ClinicOH highest
5.3x
Avg markup ratio
5.1x
Median markup
252
Procedures
2%
Outlier procedures
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Pricing grade

D

High

Avg markup vs Medicare

5.25x

Charge / Medicare rate

Max markup

11.93x

Worst procedure

Procedures analyzed

252

With pricing data

Outlier procedures

1.6%

Above 90th percentile

Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC066$54,630$27,31511.9x
SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC101$63,956$31,9789.6x
ATHEROSCLEROSIS WITHOUT MCC303$33,900$16,9509x
MAJOR HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES WITH CC141$129,564$64,7828.3x
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT652$169,037$84,5188.2x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC287$63,180$31,5908.2x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC281$51,704$25,8528x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC641$42,925$21,4638x
LYMPHOMA AND NON-ACUTE LEUKEMIA WITH CC841$87,324$43,6627.9x
HERNIA PROCEDURES EXCEPT INGUINAL AND FEMORAL WITH MCC353$148,624$74,3127.6x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS065$53,547$26,7747.5x
FEVER AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS864$36,158$18,0797.4x
MAJOR HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC142$100,013$50,0077.3x
OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC144$105,078$52,5397.3x
KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC661$51,487$25,7437.2x
EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC039$62,458$31,2297.1x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC308$59,544$29,7727x
KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITH CC660$65,350$32,6756.9x
UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC742$90,751$45,3756.8x
OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH CC092$51,895$25,9476.8x
COAGULATION DISORDERS813$85,643$42,8216.8x
HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH CC292$40,984$20,4926.7x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC280$93,160$46,5806.7x
KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC689$52,494$26,2476.7x
OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC315$44,081$22,0416.7x
RESPIRATORY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS204$43,346$21,6736.7x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC247$86,243$43,1226.7x
CIRRHOSIS AND ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH MCC432$201,372$100,6866.7x
HYPERTENSION WITH MCC304$59,873$29,9376.6x
STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH CC327$119,766$59,8836.6x
KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITH MCC659$128,568$64,2846.6x
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC299$75,833$37,9176.6x
PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE189$64,331$32,1666.5x
HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC291$68,531$34,2656.5x
DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY WITH MCC438$81,301$40,6516.5x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC064$95,919$47,9596.4x
MAJOR BLADDER PROCEDURES WITH CC654$139,720$69,8606.4x
OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MCC206$69,501$34,7506.4x
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH MCC242$203,135$101,5686.4x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC322$77,055$38,5286.3x
PANCREAS, LIVER AND SHUNT PROCEDURES WITH CC406$123,711$61,8566.3x
EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT MALIGNANCY WITH MCC146$99,352$49,6766.3x
ACUTE ADJUSTMENT REACTION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DYSFUNCTION880$43,214$21,6076.3x
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WITH HEMODIALYSIS WITH MCC650$284,047$142,0236.3x
RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS WITH MCC180$79,763$39,8826.3x
NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITH MCC054$59,977$29,9896.2x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/321$115,243$57,6216.2x
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE WITH MCC196$96,444$48,2226.2x
LYMPHOMA AND NON-ACUTE LEUKEMIA WITH MCC840$146,506$73,2536.2x
HERNIA PROCEDURES EXCEPT INGUINAL AND FEMORAL WITH CC354$70,235$35,1176.2x

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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.

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