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. 1601
    C

    Upmc Northwest

    Seneca, PA

    4.2x — bills about $4.21 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    39 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  2. 1602
  3. 1603
  4. 1604
  5. 1605
  6. 1606
    B

    Beebe Medical Center

    Lewes, DE

    4.2x — bills about $4.20 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    154 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  7. 1607
    C

    Harrisburg Medical Center

    Harrisburg, IL

    4.2x — bills about $4.20 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  8. 1608
    C

    Chi Health Midlands

    Papillion, NE

    4.2x — bills about $4.20 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  9. 1609
  10. 1610
  11. 1611
  12. 1612
    C

    St Joseph Hospital

    Nashua, NH

    4.2x — bills about $4.19 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    69 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  13. 1613
  14. 1614
  15. 1615
    B

    York Hospital

    York, ME

    4.2x — bills about $4.19 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    44 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 1616
  17. 1617
  18. 1618
  19. 1619
    B

    Witham Health Services

    Lebanon, IN

    4.2x — bills about $4.18 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  20. 1620
  21. 1621
  22. 1622
    B

    Lmh

    Lawrence, KS

    4.2x — bills about $4.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  23. 1623
    C

    Memorial Hospital

    Marysville, OH

    4.2x — bills about $4.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Local
  24. 1624
  25. 1625
    B

    Licking Memorial Hospital

    Newark, OH

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    63 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 1626
    C

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    89 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  27. 1627
  28. 1628
    B

    Saint Joseph London

    London, KY

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  29. 1629
  30. 1630
  31. 1631
  32. 1632
  33. 1633
  34. 1634
  35. 1635
  36. 1636
  37. 1637
  38. 1638
    C

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    4.1x — bills about $4.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    211 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 1639
  40. 1640
  41. 1641
    C

    Methodist Fremont Health

    Fremont, NE

    4.1x — bills about $4.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    45 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  42. 1642
  43. 1643
  44. 1644
    C

    Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, OH

    4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    310 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 1645
    C

    Cherokee Medical Center

    Gaffney, SC

    4.1x — bills about $4.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    10 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  46. 1646
  47. 1647
    C

    Upmc Hanover

    Hanover, PA

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    73 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  48. 1648
  49. 1649
    C

    Wayne Memorial Hospital

    Honesdale, PA

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    45 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 1650
    B

    Chelsea Hospital

    Chelsea, MI

    4.1x — bills about $4.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

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