66/100
#749 nationally
Bellevue Hospital Center
462 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 · (212) 561-4132
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bellevue Hospital Center billed $1.93 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
- 1.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 53
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #64
- 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.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $128,439 | $57,504 | +97% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $91,479 | $49,578 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $8,752 | $2,612 | -26% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $10,232 | $3,115 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $80,129 | $45,671 | +85% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $4,904 | $778 | +56% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $73,664 | $49,960 | -12% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $111,578 | $58,922 | +123% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $197,568 | $100,047 | -14% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $118,893 | $57,238 | +56% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$111,578 | $58,922 | +123% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$128,439 | $57,504 | +97% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$80,129 | $45,671 | +85% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$57,283 | $40,893 | +80% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$153,741 | $80,683 | +78% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$51,709 | $41,699 | +74% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$55,076 | $38,464 | +70% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$67,206 | $43,375 | +65% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,578 | $3,714 | -62% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 084 · Inpatient stay |
$25,368 | $31,753 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,232 | $3,115 | -47% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$57,877 | $45,664 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,946 | $3,627 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,979 | $1,845 | -41% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 183 · Inpatient stay |
$46,726 | $44,506 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,752 | $2,612 | -26% |
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.