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.

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    F

    Medical City Fort Worth

    Fort Worth, TX

    13.7x — bills about $13.67 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    109 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  4. 54
  5. 55
    F

    St Lucie Medical Center

    Port Saint Lucie, FL

    13.6x — bills about $13.57 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Emanuel Medical Center

    Turlock, CA

    13.5x — bills about $13.45 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    68 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Trident Medical Center

    Charleston, SC

    13.3x — bills about $13.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    167 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Medical City Denton

    Denton, TX

    13.3x — bills about $13.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    121 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Newton Medical Center

    Newton, NJ

    13.1x — bills about $13.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    84 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    F

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

    13.1x — bills about $13.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    97 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Nacogdoches Medical Center

    Nacogdoches, TX

    13.0x — bills about $13.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    40 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
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    F

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

    12.7x — bills about $12.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    69 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Hca Florida Mercy Hospital

    Plantation, FL

    12.6x — bills about $12.59 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    F

    Baptist Medical Center

    San Antonio, TX

    12.5x — bills about $12.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    228 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  42. 92
    F

    Wesley Medical Center

    Wichita, KS

    12.5x — bills about $12.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    211 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
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    F

    Merit Health Madison

    Canton, MS

    12.5x — bills about $12.47 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
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