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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    C

    Stormont Vail Hospital

    Topeka, KS

    4.9x — bills about $4.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    188 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  3. 1203
    C

    Canonsburg General Hospital

    Canonsburg, PA

    4.9x — bills about $4.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  4. 1204
  5. 1205
    C

    Thomas Memorial Hospital

    South Charleston, WV

    4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 1206
    C

    Kershawhealth

    Camden, SC

    4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Proprietary
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    C

    Beaumont Hospital - Taylor

    Taylor, MI

    4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    39 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 1209
    C

    Lake Health

    Concord, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    82 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    D

    Sinai-Grace Hospital

    Detroit, MI

    4.9x — bills about $4.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    52 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Proprietary
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    D

    Mission Community Hospital

    Panorama City, CA

    4.9x — bills about $4.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    31 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    C

    Sacred Heart Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    4.9x — bills about $4.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    167 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    C

    Hillcrest Hospital

    Mayfield Heights, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    180 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    C

    Beauregard Memorial Hospital

    Deridder, LA

    4.9x — bills about $4.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
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    C

    St Nicholas Hospital

    Sheboygan, WI

    4.9x — bills about $4.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    C

    Bellevue Hospital

    Bellevue, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
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  37. 1237
    C

    Holy Cross Hospital-Davis

    Layton, UT

    4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

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

    Candler Hospital

    Savannah, GA

    4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    C

    Medina Hospital

    Medina, OH

    4.9x — bills about $4.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    65 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 1245
    C

    Maury Regional Hospital

    Columbia, TN

    4.9x — bills about $4.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    112 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  46. 1246
    C

    Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    4.9x — bills about $4.85 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    160 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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