The Medical Center (bowling Green)
The Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky charges 5.2x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 74 analyzed procedures, representing a significant markup for this nonprofit hospital.
Bowling Green, KY 42101 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 2/5
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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.
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Pricing grade
D
High
Avg markup vs Medicare
5.24x
Charge / Medicare rate
Max markup
8.14x
Worst procedure
Procedures analyzed
74
With pricing data
Outlier procedures
0%
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.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY WITH CC | 439 | $33,390 | $16,695 | — | 8.1x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 066 | $29,457 | $14,729 | — | 8x |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC | 069 | $35,461 | $17,731 | — | 7.9x |
| MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 641 | $31,149 | $15,574 | — | 6.9x |
| MAJOR GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND PERITONEAL INFECTIONS WITH CC | 372 | $37,613 | $18,807 | — | 6.7x |
| KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 690 | $30,704 | $15,352 | — | 6.6x |
| OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 394 | $35,590 | $17,795 | — | 6.6x |
| CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH CC | 191 | $33,655 | $16,828 | — | 6.3x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 065 | $35,708 | $17,854 | — | 6.3x |
| PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 189 | $48,557 | $24,279 | — | 6.3x |
| MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 552 | $34,059 | $17,030 | — | 6.2x |
| SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 872 | $36,753 | $18,376 | — | 6.2x |
| AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC | 269 | $172,177 | $86,089 | — | 6.1x |
| CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC | 310 | $16,590 | $8,295 | — | 6.1x |
| MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 640 | $47,462 | $23,731 | — | 5.9x |
| SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC | 101 | $32,713 | $16,357 | — | 5.9x |
| DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 057 | $44,597 | $22,298 | — | 5.9x |
| SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 312 | $30,056 | $15,028 | — | 5.8x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 036 | $73,780 | $36,890 | — | 5.8x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 321 | $106,528 | $53,264 | — | 5.8x |
| SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 194 | $27,827 | $13,914 | — | 5.8x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $55,422 | $27,711 | — | 5.8x |
| CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 603 | $28,630 | $14,315 | — | 5.7x |
| CELLULITIS WITH MCC | 602 | $58,377 | $29,188 | — | 5.6x |
| OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 271 | $135,381 | $67,690 | — | 5.6x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 064 | $66,388 | $33,194 | — | 5.6x |
| RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 682 | $52,105 | $26,052 | — | 5.6x |
| ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCC | 391 | $56,573 | $28,286 | — | 5.5x |
| MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC | 164 | $94,848 | $47,424 | — | 5.5x |
| ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 392 | $25,716 | $12,858 | — | 5.5x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 247 | $61,719 | $30,859 | — | 5.4x |
| DIABETES WITH CC | 638 | $28,251 | $14,125 | — | 5.4x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 281 | $27,785 | $13,893 | — | 5.3x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC | 035 | $83,196 | $41,598 | — | 5.3x |
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 253 | $83,167 | $41,583 | — | 5.2x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 378 | $30,811 | $15,406 | — | 5.2x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 267 | $178,511 | $89,256 | — | 5.2x |
| CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 287 | $32,776 | $16,388 | — | 5.2x |
| CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 190 | $33,180 | $16,590 | — | 5.1x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC | 418 | $53,074 | $26,537 | — | 5x |
| RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 683 | $26,766 | $13,383 | — | 4.9x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O | 246 | $97,900 | $48,950 | — | 4.9x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 236 | $132,553 | $66,277 | — | 4.9x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITHOUT MCC | 234 | $163,265 | $81,632 | — | 4.8x |
| CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 308 | $36,103 | $18,052 | — | 4.8x |
| SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 871 | $58,031 | $29,016 | — | 4.8x |
| RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC | 178 | $31,798 | $15,899 | — | 4.8x |
| INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 854 | $62,625 | $31,313 | — | 4.7x |
| RESPIRATORY NEOPLASMS WITH MCC | 180 | $46,564 | $23,282 | — | 4.7x |
| OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 698 | $48,250 | $24,125 | — | 4.7x |
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