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. 1651
    C

    Doctors Hospital

    Columbus, OH

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

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  2. 1652
  3. 1653
    B

    St Lukes Hospital

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    4.1x — bills about $4.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    110 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  4. 1654
    B

    Lake Regional Health System

    Osage Beach, MO

    4.1x — bills about $4.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    56 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  5. 1655
  6. 1656
  7. 1657
    C

    Sgmc Health

    Valdosta, GA

    4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    104 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  8. 1658
  9. 1659
  10. 1660
    C

    Mclaren Flint

    Flint, MI

    4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    119 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  11. 1661
  12. 1662
  13. 1663
  14. 1664
    B

    Blount Memorial Hospital

    Maryville, TN

    4.1x — bills about $4.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    76 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Local
  15. 1665
  16. 1666
  17. 1667
  18. 1668
    C

    The Queens Medical Center

    Honolulu, HI

    4.1x — bills about $4.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    205 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  19. 1669
  20. 1670
    B

    Alton Memorial Hospital

    Alton, IL

    4.1x — bills about $4.09 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    68 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  21. 1671
  22. 1672
  23. 1673
  24. 1674
  25. 1675
    C

    Emory Decatur Hospital

    Decatur, GA

    4.1x — bills about $4.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    70 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 1676
  27. 1677
    B

    Fort Memorial Hospital

    Fort Atkinson, WI

    4.1x — bills about $4.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    22 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  28. 1678
  29. 1679
  30. 1680
    C

    The University Hospital

    Newark, NJ

    4.1x — bills about $4.08 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    56 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - State
  31. 1681
    B

    St Elizabeth Edgewood

    Edgewood, KY

    4.1x — bills about $4.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    166 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  32. 1682
  33. 1683
  34. 1684
  35. 1685
  36. 1686
    B

    Cleveland Clinic Hospital

    Weston, FL

    4.1x — bills about $4.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    129 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  37. 1687
    C

    Chi Health Bergan Mercy

    Omaha, NE

    4.1x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    112 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 1688
  39. 1689
  40. 1690
  41. 1691
    B

    Benefis Hospitals Inc

    Great Falls, MT

    4.1x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    110 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  42. 1692
  43. 1693
    C

    Saint Agnes Medical Center

    Fresno, CA

    4.0x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    166 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  44. 1694
    C

    Grady Memorial Hospital

    Delaware, OH

    4.0x — bills about $4.05 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    23 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 1695
  46. 1696
  47. 1697
  48. 1698
  49. 1699
  50. 1700
    C

    Uh Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, OH

    4.0x — bills about $4.03 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

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