CostGrade
A

93/100

#28 nationally

Auburn Community Hospital

17 Lansing Street, Auburn, NY 13021 · (315) 255-7011

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Auburn Community Hospital billed $2.00 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
2.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
49
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#8
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 32.0/35

Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 27.9/30

Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.5/10

Better than 95% 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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

177 $9,117 $3,077 -53%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

170 $1,516 $769 -52%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $4,796 $2,299 -63%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

120 $28,678 $17,327 -56%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

95 $9,451 $2,624 -20%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

93 $5,557 $2,193 -51%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

87 $20,087 $11,527 -54%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

58 $22,363 $14,538 -59%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $9,603 $3,836 -53%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

49 $21,479 $11,602 -54%

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
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,451 $2,624 -20%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,495 $1,788 -36%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)

MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay

$19,160 $6,494 -37%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,090 $2,160 -40%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$22,343 $8,599 -40%
COPD (with complications)

MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay

$19,832 $7,447 -40%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,057 $7,772 -43%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,126 $3,227 -43%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$16,769 $11,543 -65%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,727 $3,469 -65%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

$18,275 $11,178 -64%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,796 $2,299 -63%
Other Factors Influencing Health Status

MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay

$8,168 $5,116 -63%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,465 $14,917 -62%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$21,374 $14,361 -62%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$18,567 $10,853 -62%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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