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. 2101
  2. 2102
    C

    Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

    Fairbanks, AK

    3.3x — bills about $3.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    55 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  3. 2103
    B

    Chenango Memorial Hospital

    Norwich, NY

    3.3x — bills about $3.34 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    12 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  4. 2104
  5. 2105
    B

    Marlborough Hospital

    Marlborough, MA

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    42 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  6. 2106
    B

    Chi St Alexius Health

    Bismarck, ND

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    72 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  7. 2107
    B

    Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, GA

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    197 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  8. 2108
    B

    Yale-New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, CT

    3.3x — bills about $3.33 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    285 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  9. 2109
  10. 2110
    B

    Reid Health

    Richmond, IN

    3.3x — bills about $3.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    122 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  11. 2111
  12. 2112
  13. 2113
  14. 2114
    B

    Union General Hospital

    Blairsville, GA

    3.3x — bills about $3.32 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    50 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
  15. 2115
  16. 2116
    B

    Bethesda North

    Cincinnati, OH

    3.3x — bills about $3.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    181 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  17. 2117
  18. 2118
    A

    Northeastern Health System

    Tahlequah, OK

    3.3x — bills about $3.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    45 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  19. 2119
  20. 2120
  21. 2121
    B

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    3.3x — bills about $3.31 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    237 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  22. 2122
  23. 2123
  24. 2124
  25. 2125
  26. 2126
  27. 2127
  28. 2128
  29. 2129
  30. 2130
  31. 2131
  32. 2132
  33. 2133
  34. 2134
    B

    Uh St John Medical Center

    Westlake, OH

    3.3x — bills about $3.28 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    83 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  35. 2135
  36. 2136
  37. 2137
    B

    St James Hospital

    Butte, MT

    3.3x — bills about $3.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    29 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 2138
    A

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    3.3x — bills about $3.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  39. 2139
  40. 2140
  41. 2141
    B

    Up Health System Portage

    Hancock, MI

    3.3x — bills about $3.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  42. 2142
  43. 2143
  44. 2144
    B

    Emory Hillandale Hospital

    Lithonia, GA

    3.3x — bills about $3.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  45. 2145
  46. 2146
  47. 2147
    B

    Marshfield Medical Center

    Marshfield, WI

    3.3x — bills about $3.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    105 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  48. 2148
  49. 2149
  50. 2150