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Hospital Profile Acute Care Hospitals Government - Local 75 Beds · rural Updated: 2025-01-01

Clinton Memorial Hospital

610 WEST MAIN ST, Wilmington, OH 45177 · 89 Priced Procedures · 53% Patient Recommendation

CMS Overall Rating 2 / 5 Stars
Pillar 1 · The BaseRate™ CompositeHow 1.00× Fair BaseRate Works: Raw price averages unfairly penalize hospitals in high-wage cities or trauma centers treating sicker patients. We adjust for local CMS hospital wage levels and patient complexity first. A 1.00× score means right at the fair price average, 0.85× means 15% cheaper than fair market, and 1.30× means 30% above fair market.Near Fair BaseRate Benchmark
1.00×vs. Fair Market Price
Position vs. 1.00× Fair PriceRight at U.S. Average (0%) 1.00× (center of the bar) is the U.S. fair price average after accounting for local hospital wages and patient complexity. Left of center (<1.00×) is below fair price; right of center (>1.00×) is above fair price.

Compares typical commercial prices against the fair price benchmark after accounting for local wages and case complexity.

Pillar 2 · VeriRate™ Data TrustHow VeriRate™ (0–100) Works: Hospitals are legally required to publish machine-readable price files, but some bury fake $0.01 numbers or omit cash discounts. VeriRate audits each file across 5 checks (hover any badge below to see what it tests).86/100 · Verified
86/100Hover Any Check Below to See How Prices Were Audited
File Completeness90Provenance (File Completeness): Checks whether the hospital published a complete, up-to-date machine-readable price file with valid CPT and MS-DRG billing codes instead of leaving blanks.
Price Logic88Coherence (Price Logic): Checks whether the hospital’s numbers make basic sense — e.g., self-pay cash price is lower than gross list price, with no fake $0.01 or $999,999 placeholder numbers.
Peer Alignment86Concordance (Peer Alignment): Checks whether reported prices sit in a realistic range compared to Medicare and nearby hospitals rather than wild 100× unit errors.
Clean Billing83Regularity (Clean Billing): Checks whether rates are structured consistently across procedures without erratic statistical spikes or hidden unbundled facility fees.
Real Cash Discount84Cash Honesty (Real Cash Discount): Checks whether the hospital offers a genuine self-pay cash discount that beats or matches commercial insurance rates instead of billing full sticker price.
Pillar 3 · Clinical Quality & ER SpeedChecks whether higher hospital prices actually buy better clinical quality — combining CMS Star Ratings, hospital safety scores, and emergency room wait times.Regional Quality Benchmark
CMS Star Rating2/5 StarsOfficial CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1 to 5 stars) summarizing mortality, safety of care, readmissions, and patient experience.
Safety Score42/100Composite patient safety score (0–100) derived from CMS hospital-acquired infection rates (CLABSI, CAUTI, MRSA, C. diff), surgical complications, and HCAHPS surveys.
Typical ER Wait160 minMedian minutes patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, as reported to CMS Timely and Effective Care.

2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.00× fair market pricing.

Behavioral Pricing FingerprintNear Fair BaseRate Benchmark

Regional Peer Pricing Profile

Compares typical commercial prices against the fair price benchmark after accounting for local wages and case complexity.

State IndexedNational CMS MRF Cohort
Advantage

Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)

  • Front-door shoppable procedures average 2.1× Medicare (0.78× at the 25th percentile).
  • Published self-pay cash discounts beat commercial insurance medians on 26% of audited procedures.
  • 25th-percentile negotiated contracts reach 0.78× Fair BaseRate for high-leverage commercial plans.
Watchout

Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)

  • Back-door captive departments average 2.6× Medicare (1.25× captive-to-shoppable divergence).
  • Upper-quartile tail (p75 1.28× vs. p50 1.00×) jumps +28%, exposing median-gaming on complex codes.
Front-Door ShoppableElective / Imaging
2.1× Medicare

Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.

Back-Door Captive & ER1.25× Divergence
2.6× Medicare

Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.

Quantile Tail Spread+28% Upper Tail
Q25 0.78× · Q50 1.00× · Q75 1.28×

Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.

Select any lens to inspect department markups, federal cost accounting, or insurer discounts.

Open-Box Reverse Engineering: How the Crystal Isolates True Price from Confounders

Chargemaster Gross → (−Chargemaster Air) → CMS Medicare Anchor → (±Regional Wage & Acuity Glare) → (= Fair BaseRate) → Residual (ε)
Layer 01-57% chargemaster air stripped
Chargemaster Gross Sticker Anchor
2.4×

Unregulated hospital list price before insurer contract or 501(r) AGB adjustments

Layer 02OPPS/IPPS federal cost anchor
Federal CMS Medicare Cost Baseline
1.00× Medicare floor

Resource-based federal Medicare fee schedule baseline

Layer 03Regional labor strip
Regional Wage & Income Glare (AWI)
CMS Area Wage Index

Isolates local CMS hospital wage index and county household income baseline

Layer 04System Leverage
Facility Scale, CMI Acuity & HHI Monopoly
Market Index

Adjusts for tertiary trauma capability, bed scale, and regional concentration

Layer 05Near Fair BaseRate Benchmark
Denoised Fair BaseRate vs. Actual → Residual (ε)
1.00×

Pure hospital pricing signal after orthogonalizing wage, bed scale, and clinical acuity

Federal Confounder & Structural Telemetry (CMS HCRIS · Form 990 · DOJ/FTC HHI)
CMS Wage Index (AWI)
0.92×
County median income $68,400
Case Mix Index (CMI)
1.18 (Community)
CMS DRG severity weight
HCRIS Cost-to-Charge (CCR)
0.28
CMS Form 2552-10 cost ratio
Market Monopoly (HHI)
2,150
Regional Market
Ownership & Tax Status
For-Profit / Public
Independent
501(r) AGB Billing Cap
35.0% of Gross
Max legal charge for eligible uninsured

Procedure Prices at Clinton Memorial Hospital

High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 89 published procedures.

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Procedure & Billing Code This Hospital vs. Fair
Sleep study (overnight, in lab)
CPT Code: 95810
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MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
CPT Code: 70553
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MRI, knee or other leg joint
CPT Code: 73721
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MRI, lower back (no contrast)
CPT Code: 72148
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MRI, brain (no contrast)
CPT Code: 70551
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CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)
CPT Code: 74177
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CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
CPT Code: 70470
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CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast)
CPT Code: 74176
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CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine)
CPT Code: 72131
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CT scan, neck (cervical spine)
CPT Code: 72125
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CT scan, pelvis
CPT Code: 72192
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CT scan, chest (no contrast)
CPT Code: 71250
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CT scan, head (no contrast)
CPT Code: 70450
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CT scan, sinuses
CPT Code: 70486
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CT scan, head (with contrast)
CPT Code: 70460
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Ultrasound, pelvis
CPT Code: 76856
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Ultrasound, thyroid and neck
CPT Code: 76536
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Ultrasound, abdomen (complete)
CPT Code: 76700
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Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)
CPT Code: 93306
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Blood transfusion
CPT Code: 36430
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Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)
CPT Code: 93970
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Ultrasound, abdomen (limited)
CPT Code: 76705
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Hospital observation (per hour)
HCPCS Code: G0378
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X-ray, neck (cervical spine)
CPT Code: 72040
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X-ray, lower back
CPT Code: 72110
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Showing top 25 high-impact procedures of 89 total
Inline Bill X-Ray & 501(r) Calculator 501(c)(3) Nonprofit · Free Care ≤200% FPL · AGB Cap 36.3%

Audit a Bill or Quote at Clinton Memorial Hospital (Zero PHI Required)

CMS CCN: 360175
CPT 95810
Fair BaseRate™ —
Medicare Rate —
Self-Pay Cash $2,558
Insurer Median —
Pre-filled with Clinton Memorial Hospital’s charged/list benchmark
Screened against 2026 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines
2026 FPL: $15,650 + $5,500 per additional person
Step 1 · 501(r) Charity Care Check 501(r) AGB Cap: $1,634 (274% FPL)

Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $1,634

At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $1,634).

Step 2 · Cash vs. Insurance Arbitrage Save $1,942 Paying Cash

Self-Pay Cash Rate ($2,558) Beats Your Bill

Clinton Memorial Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $2,558. Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.

Step 3 · Fair BaseRate Target Medicare Reference Audit

Request Itemized CPT Coding & Medicare Benchmark Review

Your entered amount is at or below the modeled Fair BaseRate benchmark.

1-Click Factual Dispute Summary: Copy a citation-backed benchmark memo (with CMS CCN, CPT code, Medicare reference, Fair BaseRate, and 26 U.S.C. § 501(r) calculations) to paste into patient-portal messages or billing appeals.
CMS Care Compare Public Quality Record

Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks

CMS Overall2/5 Stars (2/5)
Would Recommend53%
Rated 9 or 10 (HCAHPS)64%
Median ER Wait160 min
30-Day Mortality vs U.S.same
Unplanned Readmissionsame

Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.

45 CFR § 180 Primary-Source Lineage & Federal Verification Verified CMS CCN 360175

Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings

Published MRF FileCMS_45_CFR_180_FILING.json
Publication / Vintage2025-01-01
Validated Rate RowsIndexed (CMS v2.2.0)
File Integrity DigestVerified · CCN 360175

Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.