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. 1101
  2. 1102
  3. 1103
  4. 1104
    D

    Upmc Mckeesport Hospital

    Mc Keesport, PA

    5.1x — bills about $5.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 1105
  6. 1106
  7. 1107
  8. 1108
  9. 1109
    C

    Wakemed, Raleigh Campus

    Raleigh, NC

    5.1x — bills about $5.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    193 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 1110
  11. 1111
  12. 1112
    C

    Great Plains Health

    North Platte, NE

    5.1x — bills about $5.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    71 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 1113
    C

    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    5.1x — bills about $5.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    17 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  14. 1114
    C

    Swedish Issaquah

    Issaquah, WA

    5.1x — bills about $5.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    67 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 1115
    D

    Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, NJ

    5.1x — bills about $5.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    103 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 1116
    C

    Dublin Methodist Hospital

    Dublin, OH

    5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    66 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  17. 1117
    C

    Mount Carmel East & West

    Columbus, OH

    5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    136 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 1118
  19. 1119
    C

    Swedish Edmonds Hospital

    Edmonds, WA

    5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    53 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 1120
    C

    St Charles Hospital

    Port Jefferson, NY

    5.1x — bills about $5.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    63 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  21. 1121
  22. 1122
    D

    Waterbury Hospital

    Waterbury, CT

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Proprietary
  23. 1123
    C

    Lane Regional Medical Center

    Zachary, LA

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    12 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  24. 1124
  25. 1125
    C

    Beaumont Hospital, Troy

    Troy, MI

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    217 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 1126
    C

    Stillwater Medical Center

    Stillwater, OK

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    81 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  27. 1127
  28. 1128
    C

    Chester County Hospital

    West Chester, PA

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    151 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  29. 1129
  30. 1130
    C

    Piedmont Augusta Hospital

    Augusta, GA

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    145 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  31. 1131
    C

    Pikeville Medical Center

    Pikeville, KY

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  32. 1132
  33. 1133
  34. 1134
  35. 1135
    D

    Broward Health Medical Center

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    5.0x — bills about $5.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    79 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  36. 1136
    D

    Macneal Hospital

    Berwyn, IL

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    67 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
  37. 1137
  38. 1138
    C

    St Alexius Medical Center

    Hoffman Estates, IL

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    100 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  39. 1139
  40. 1140
  41. 1141
    C

    Forbes Hospital

    Monroeville, PA

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    86 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  42. 1142
    C

    Adventist Health Portland

    Portland, OR

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    60 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  43. 1143
  44. 1144
  45. 1145
  46. 1146
  47. 1147
    C

    Roper Hospital

    Charleston, SC

    5.0x — bills about $5.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    146 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 1148
  49. 1149
  50. 1150