77/100
#420 nationally
Albany Medical Center Hospital
43 New Scotland Avenue, Mail Code 34, Albany, NY 12208 · (518) 262-2400
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Albany Medical Center Hospital billed $2.79 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 221
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #48
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
952 | $991 | $724 | -68% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
467 | $76,799 | $23,297 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
379 | $4,710 | $2,137 | -64% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
343 | $17,811 | $2,868 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
294 | $8,171 | $1,664 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $26,967 | $3,412 | +7% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
199 | $51,142 | $33,846 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $9,864 | $3,321 | -48% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
181 | $118,000 | $51,341 | -38% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
153 | $71,516 | $22,235 | -6% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$76,264 | $22,782 | +33% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$84,315 | $18,780 | +24% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,865 | $1,617 | +23% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$107,678 | $23,773 | +22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$52,081 | $15,951 | +20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$76,799 | $23,297 | +18% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$96,583 | $21,356 | +16% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$38,499 | $8,353 | +15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,968 | $1,789 | -83% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$991 | $724 | -68% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,934 | $35,443 | -65% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,710 | $2,137 | -64% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$28,927 | $19,810 | -61% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$65,132 | $43,334 | -61% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$74,021 | $42,972 | -60% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,463 | $13,833 | -59% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.