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. 2051
    A

    Mclaren Port Huron

    Port Huron, MI

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    75 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  2. 2052
  3. 2053
    B

    Citizens Medical Center

    Victoria, TX

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    69 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  4. 2054
    B

    Mercy Hospital South

    Saint Louis, MO

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    175 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  5. 2055
    C

    St Mary Medical Center

    Galesburg, IL

    3.4x — bills about $3.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    41 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  6. 2056
  7. 2057
  8. 2058
    A

    American Fork Hospital

    American Fork, UT

    3.4x — bills about $3.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    35 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 2059
    B

    Concord Hospital- Laconia

    Laconia, NH

    3.4x — bills about $3.42 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    44 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  10. 2060
  11. 2061
  12. 2062
  13. 2063
  14. 2064
  15. 2065
    B

    Presbyterian Hospital

    Albuquerque, NM

    3.4x — bills about $3.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    178 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  16. 2066
    B

    St John Owasso

    Owasso, OK

    3.4x — bills about $3.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  17. 2067
  18. 2068
  19. 2069
  20. 2070
    B

    Henry Ford Macomb Hospital

    Clinton Township, MI

    3.4x — bills about $3.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    152 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  21. 2071
  22. 2072
    B

    Parkland Health Center

    Farmington, MO

    3.4x — bills about $3.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  23. 2073
    A

    Citizens Memorial Hospital

    Bolivar, MO

    3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  24. 2074
    A

    Park City Hospital

    Park City, UT

    3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    16 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Proprietary
  25. 2075
  26. 2076
  27. 2077
    B

    Watauga Medical Center

    Boone, NC

    3.4x — bills about $3.39 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    51 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  28. 2078
  29. 2079
  30. 2080
  31. 2081
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  33. 2083
    B

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    93 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  34. 2084
  35. 2085
    B

    Berkeley Medical Center

    Martinsburg, WV

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    81 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  36. 2086
  37. 2087
    B

    Bridgeport Hospital

    Bridgeport, CT

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    134 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 2088
    B

    Regions Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    198 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 2089
    B

    Grand Lake Health System

    Saint Marys, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  40. 2090
    C

    North Vista Hospital

    North Las Vegas, NV

    3.4x — bills about $3.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    22 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 2091
  42. 2092
  43. 2093
  44. 2094
    B

    Lutheran Hospital

    Cleveland, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    20 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 2095
  46. 2096
    A

    Wood County Hospital

    Bowling Green, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    27 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  47. 2097
    A

    Blanchard Valley Hospital

    Findlay, OH

    3.4x — bills about $3.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    84 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  48. 2098
  49. 2099
    B

    St Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    3.4x — bills about $3.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    167 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  50. 2100