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. 751
  2. 752
  3. 753
    D

    West Penn Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    6.0x — bills about $5.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    55 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  4. 754
  5. 755
    D

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    6.0x — bills about $5.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    84 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 756
  7. 757
  8. 758
    C

    Slidell Memorial Hospital

    Slidell, LA

    6.0x — bills about $5.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    92 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  9. 759
  10. 760
  11. 761
  12. 762
  13. 763
  14. 764
  15. 765
    D

    Mercy Medical Center

    Rockville Centre, NY

    5.9x — bills about $5.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    77 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  16. 766
  17. 767
  18. 768
  19. 769
  20. 770
  21. 771
  22. 772
  23. 773
    D

    Capital Medical Center

    Olympia, WA

    5.9x — bills about $5.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    59 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  24. 774
    D

    Alameda Hospital

    Alameda, CA

    5.9x — bills about $5.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    26 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  25. 775
  26. 776
  27. 777
    D

    Sagewest Health Care

    Riverton, WY

    5.9x — bills about $5.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  28. 778
  29. 779
  30. 780
    D

    Bsa Hospital

    Amarillo, TX

    5.9x — bills about $5.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    180 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  31. 781
  32. 782
  33. 783
    C

    St Mary-Corwin Hospital

    Pueblo, CO

    5.9x — bills about $5.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  34. 784
  35. 785
    D

    Mount Sinai Beth Israel

    New York, NY

    5.9x — bills about $5.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    109 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 786
  37. 787
  38. 788
    D

    Anmed Health

    Anderson, SC

    5.9x — bills about $5.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    123 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 789
  40. 790
  41. 791
    D

    St Mary Medical Center

    Long Beach, CA

    5.9x — bills about $5.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    37 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  42. 792
    D

    Mease Countryside Hospital

    Safety Harbor, FL

    5.9x — bills about $5.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    130 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 793
  44. 794
    D

    Canyon Vista Medical Center

    Sierra Vista, AZ

    5.8x — bills about $5.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    46 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  45. 795
  46. 796
  47. 797
  48. 798
  49. 799
    C

    Kettering Health Miamisburg

    Miamisburg, OH

    5.8x — bills about $5.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    37 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  50. 800