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. 1051
  2. 1052
    C

    Stamford Hospital

    Stamford, CT

    5.2x — bills about $5.18 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    123 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  3. 1053
  4. 1054
    C

    West Chester Hospital

    West Chester, OH

    5.2x — bills about $5.18 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    98 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 1055
  6. 1056
  7. 1057
  8. 1058
    C

    Ascension Providence

    Waco, TX

    5.2x — bills about $5.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 1059
  10. 1060
  11. 1061
  12. 1062
  13. 1063
  14. 1064
    D

    Cooper University Hospital

    Camden, NJ

    5.2x — bills about $5.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    219 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 1065
  16. 1066
  17. 1067
  18. 1068
  19. 1069
  20. 1070
    C

    Upmc Memorial

    York, PA

    5.1x — bills about $5.15 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    76 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  21. 1071
  22. 1072
  23. 1073
    C

    Flagler Hospital

    Saint Augustine, FL

    5.1x — bills about $5.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    119 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  24. 1074
  25. 1075
  26. 1076
  27. 1077
  28. 1078
  29. 1079
  30. 1080
    C

    Carle Foundation Hospital

    Urbana, IL

    5.1x — bills about $5.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    169 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  31. 1081
  32. 1082
  33. 1083
  34. 1084
  35. 1085
  36. 1086
  37. 1087
  38. 1088
  39. 1089
  40. 1090
    C

    Midland Memorial Hospital

    Midland, TX

    5.1x — bills about $5.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    72 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  41. 1091
  42. 1092
    C

    Palos Community Hospital

    Palos Heights, IL

    5.1x — bills about $5.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    189 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  43. 1093
  44. 1094
  45. 1095
  46. 1096
  47. 1097
    C

    Javon Bea Hospital

    Rockford, IL

    5.1x — bills about $5.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    74 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 1098
  49. 1099
  50. 1100
    C

    Tri-City Medical Center

    Oceanside, CA

    5.1x — bills about $5.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    69 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority