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. 1751
    C

    Mount Sinai Hospital

    New York, NY

    3.9x — bills about $3.94 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    269 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  2. 1752
  3. 1753
  4. 1754
  5. 1755
  6. 1756
  7. 1757
  8. 1758
  9. 1759
    B

    Phoebe Sumter Medical Center

    Americus, GA

    3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  10. 1760
  11. 1761
  12. 1762
    B

    St Lukes Hospital

    Chesterfield, MO

    3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    149 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 1763
    B

    Cascade Valley Hospital

    Arlington, WA

    3.9x — bills about $3.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  14. 1764
    B

    Mercy Hospital St Louis

    Saint Louis, MO

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    210 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  15. 1765
    B

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    142 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 1766
    B

    Hunt Regional Medical Center

    Greenville, TX

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    60 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  17. 1767
  18. 1768
    C

    Barnes Jewish Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

    3.9x — bills about $3.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    334 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  19. 1769
    C

    St Vincent's Medical Center

    Bridgeport, CT

    3.9x — bills about $3.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  20. 1770
    C

    Middlesex Hospital

    Middletown, CT

    3.9x — bills about $3.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    74 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  21. 1771
  22. 1772
  23. 1773
  24. 1774
  25. 1775
  26. 1776
    B

    Mclaren Bay Region

    Bay City, MI

    3.9x — bills about $3.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    94 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  27. 1777
  28. 1778
  29. 1779
  30. 1780
  31. 1781
  32. 1782
    C

    Bristol Hospital

    Bristol, CT

    3.9x — bills about $3.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    32 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  33. 1783
    B

    Tucson Medical Center

    Tucson, AZ

    3.9x — bills about $3.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    193 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  34. 1784
  35. 1785
    B

    Chi Health Nebraska Heart

    Lincoln, NE

    3.9x — bills about $3.88 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    34 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 1786
  37. 1787
  38. 1788
    C

    Lake Huron Medical Center

    Port Huron, MI

    3.9x — bills about $3.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    19 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  39. 1789
  40. 1790
  41. 1791
  42. 1792
  43. 1793
  44. 1794
  45. 1795
    B

    Kootenai Health

    Coeur D'alene, ID

    3.8x — bills about $3.84 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    168 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  46. 1796
  47. 1797
  48. 1798
  49. 1799
  50. 1800