CostGrade

Hospitals With the Largest Gap Between Charges and Payments

Ranked by how much a hospital bills in list charges for every dollar of care actually paid for, across 2,617 graded hospitals. Only hospitals with at least ten priced procedures appear, so a single unusual case cannot put a hospital at either end.

This is not a ranking of cheap care. A low markup means a hospital's list prices sit close to what its care is actually paid for. It does not mean your treatment there will cost less than somewhere else — that depends on your insurance and your case.

  1. 451
  2. 452
  3. 453
    D

    Reston Hospital Center

    Reston, VA

    7.5x — bills about $7.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    107 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  4. 454
    D

    Carlsbad Medical Center

    Carlsbad, NM

    7.5x — bills about $7.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    23 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  5. 455
  6. 456
  7. 457
  8. 458
  9. 459
  10. 460
  11. 461
  12. 462
  13. 463
  14. 464
  15. 465
  16. 466
  17. 467
    D

    Doctors Hospital

    Coral Gables, FL

    7.4x — bills about $7.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    37 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  18. 468
    F

    Adventhealth Gordon

    Calhoun, GA

    7.4x — bills about $7.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    45 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  19. 469
  20. 470
    D

    Menorah Medical Center

    Overland Park, KS

    7.4x — bills about $7.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    87 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  21. 471
  22. 472
  23. 473
    D

    Fauquier Hospital

    Warrenton, VA

    7.4x — bills about $7.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    41 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  24. 474
  25. 475
    D

    Huntington Hospital

    Pasadena, CA

    7.4x — bills about $7.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    158 procedures priced Voluntary non-profit - Other
  26. 476
  27. 477
  28. 478
  29. 479
  30. 480
    F

    Petaluma Valley Hospital

    Petaluma, CA

    7.3x — bills about $7.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    30 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  31. 481
  32. 482
  33. 483
    D

    Upmc Hamot

    Erie, PA

    7.3x — bills about $7.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    139 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  34. 484
  35. 485
    F

    Uw Health

    Rockford, IL

    7.3x — bills about $7.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    102 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 486
  37. 487
  38. 488
    D

    Gulf Breeze Hospital

    Gulf Breeze, FL

    7.3x — bills about $7.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    48 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  39. 489
  40. 490
    F

    Marshall Medical Center

    Placerville, CA

    7.3x — bills about $7.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    62 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 491
    D

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    7.3x — bills about $7.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    109 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  42. 492
  43. 493
  44. 494
  45. 495
  46. 496
    F

    Bolivar Medical Center

    Cleveland, MS

    7.2x — bills about $7.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    22 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Proprietary
  47. 497
    D

    Usc Arcadia Hospital

    Arcadia, CA

    7.2x — bills about $7.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    111 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 498
  49. 499
  50. 500