88/100
#117 nationally
Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca
101 Dates Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 · (607) 274-4401
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca billed $2.61 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
- 58
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #24
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% 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 |
518 | $14,267 | $3,108 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
415 | $3,680 | $2,631 | -69% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $8,334 | $1,841 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $37,796 | $14,917 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
172 | $37,854 | $18,752 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
168 | $1,721 | $772 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $6,055 | $2,177 | -47% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $9,922 | $3,676 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $20,505 | $7,985 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $6,902 | $2,313 | -47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$38,184 | $14,176 | +6% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,511 | $21,108 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,967 | $7,405 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,334 | $1,841 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,532 | $4,252 | -18% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$24,611 | $8,599 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,267 | $3,108 | -27% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$73,949 | $17,636 | -27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,680 | $2,631 | -69% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,725 | $3,550 | -63% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$21,118 | $14,728 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,576 | $1,819 | -58% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,936 | $3,959 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,735 | $5,824 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,298 | $4,617 | -55% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$81,110 | $44,407 | -54% |
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.