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. 2251
    A

    Alomere Health

    Alexandria, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    31 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
  2. 2252
  3. 2253
  4. 2254
  5. 2255
    A

    Buffalo Hospital

    Buffalo, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    21 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  6. 2256
  7. 2257
  8. 2258
    B

    Uh Regional Hospitals

    Chardon, OH

    3.0x — bills about $2.98 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    59 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
  9. 2259
    B

    Mc Donough District Hospital

    Macomb, IL

    3.0x — bills about $2.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  10. 2260
  11. 2261
  12. 2262
  13. 2263
    A

    Essentia Health Duluth

    Duluth, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.97 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced Voluntary non-profit - Private
  14. 2264
  15. 2265
  16. 2266
  17. 2267
    A

    Cambridge Medical Center

    Cambridge, MN

    3.0x — bills about $2.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    17 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 2268
  19. 2269
  20. 2270
    B

    Hardin Medical Center

    Savannah, TN

    3.0x — bills about $2.96 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Local
  21. 2271
  22. 2272
  23. 2273
    B

    Henry Ford Health Hospital

    Detroit, MI

    3.0x — bills about $2.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    190 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  24. 2274
  25. 2275
    A

    Unc Health Care Wayne

    Goldsboro, NC

    2.9x — bills about $2.94 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    78 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  26. 2276
  27. 2277
    A

    St Johns Medical Center

    Jackson, WY

    2.9x — bills about $2.94 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    30 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  28. 2278
  29. 2279
    A

    Nmc Health

    Newton, KS

    2.9x — bills about $2.94 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    43 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  30. 2280
  31. 2281
  32. 2282
    A

    Winchester Medical Center

    Winchester, VA

    2.9x — bills about $2.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    217 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  33. 2283
  34. 2284
    A

    Kansas Heart Hospital

    Wichita, KS

    2.9x — bills about $2.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    34 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Proprietary
  35. 2285
    A

    Lakeview Memorial Hospital

    Stillwater, MN

    2.9x — bills about $2.92 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    52 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  36. 2286
  37. 2287
  38. 2288
    A

    Stafford Hospital, Llc

    Stafford, VA

    2.9x — bills about $2.91 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    46 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  39. 2289
  40. 2290
    A

    Sentara Rmh Medical Center

    Harrisonburg, VA

    2.9x — bills about $2.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    111 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  41. 2291
  42. 2292
  43. 2293
    C

    The Mcdowell Hospital

    Marion, NC

    2.9x — bills about $2.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  44. 2294
    A

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    2.9x — bills about $2.90 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    178 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 2295
  46. 2296
  47. 2297
  48. 2298
    B

    Oroville Hospital

    Oroville, CA

    2.9x — bills about $2.89 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    104 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  49. 2299
  50. 2300