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. 2551
  2. 2552
  3. 2553
    A

    Baystate Wing Hospital

    Palmer, MA

    1.8x — bills about $1.76 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  4. 2554
  5. 2555
  6. 2556
  7. 2557
  8. 2558
  9. 2559
  10. 2560
  11. 2561
  12. 2562
    A

    St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    1.5x — bills about $1.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  13. 2563
    A

    Chambers Memorial Hospital

    Danville, AR

    1.5x — bills about $1.53 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  14. 2564
  15. 2565
    A

    Tawas St Joseph Hospital

    Tawas City, MI

    1.5x — bills about $1.48 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
  16. 2566
    A

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    1.5x — bills about $1.45 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    41 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  17. 2567
    A

    Jones Memorial Hospital

    Wellsville, NY

    1.4x — bills about $1.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    14 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  18. 2568
  19. 2569
  20. 2570
    B

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

    1.3x — bills about $1.28 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
  21. 2571
  22. 2572
  23. 2573
  24. 2574
    A

    Saint Agnes Hospital

    Baltimore, MD

    1.2x — bills about $1.17 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    76 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  25. 2575
    A

    Mercy Medical Center Inc

    Baltimore, MD

    1.2x — bills about $1.15 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    58 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
  26. 2576
  27. 2577
  28. 2578
    A

    Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore

    Baltimore, MD

    1.1x — bills about $1.14 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    133 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  29. 2579
  30. 2580
  31. 2581
  32. 2582
    B

    Johns Hopkins Hospital, The

    Baltimore, MD

    1.1x — bills about $1.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    242 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  33. 2583
  34. 2584
  35. 2585
  36. 2586
    A

    Carroll Hospital Center

    Westminster, MD

    1.1x — bills about $1.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    92 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  37. 2587
    A

    Northwest Hospital Center

    Randallstown, MD

    1.1x — bills about $1.13 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    61 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  38. 2588
  39. 2589
  40. 2590
  41. 2591
  42. 2592
  43. 2593
  44. 2594
    A

    Suburban Hospital

    Bethesda, MD

    1.1x — bills about $1.12 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    138 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
  45. 2595
  46. 2596
  47. 2597
  48. 2598
  49. 2599
  50. 2600
    A

    Medstar Harbor Hospital

    Baltimore, MD

    1.1x — bills about $1.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    47 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private