88/100
#116 nationally
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
50 Leroy Street, Potsdam, NY 13676 · (315) 265-3300
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Canton-Potsdam Hospital billed $2.58 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #23
- 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 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% 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 |
204 | $13,868 | $3,084 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
204 | $6,988 | $2,626 | -41% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $4,337 | $1,672 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $1,823 | $776 | -42% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $40,486 | $16,854 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $5,738 | $1,815 | -49% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $5,655 | $2,192 | -50% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $25,236 | $10,858 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $7,373 | $2,313 | -43% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $30,760 | $14,019 | -44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay |
$37,093 | $12,340 | +6% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$25,767 | $7,595 | -26% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$21,676 | $6,914 | -27% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$34,966 | $10,621 | -28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,868 | $3,084 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$25,283 | $8,351 | -32% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$20,584 | $6,696 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,594 | $3,929 | -37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,811 | $8,123 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,609 | $7,405 | -66% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,509 | $5,876 | -65% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,101 | $3,548 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,582 | $1,603 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,950 | $2,114 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,337 | $1,672 | -57% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$37,156 | $17,727 | -57% |
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.