83/100
#258 nationally
Columbia Memorial Hospital
71 Prospect Avenue, Hudson, NY 12534 · (518) 828-7601
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Columbia Memorial Hospital billed $2.74 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
- 2.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 42
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #35
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
244 | $13,688 | $2,893 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
216 | $8,614 | $2,471 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $900 | $724 | -71% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $37,135 | $17,333 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $6,239 | $1,719 | -38% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $30,017 | $13,785 | -52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $35,520 | $12,031 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $6,293 | $1,704 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $4,784 | $2,125 | -63% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $6,600 | $2,018 | -42% |
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 |
$53,526 | $16,193 | +48% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$43,089 | $13,134 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,408 | $1,698 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$35,520 | $12,031 | -18% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$25,695 | $7,687 | -19% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$33,711 | $10,132 | -19% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$28,624 | $8,088 | -22% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$23,351 | $6,931 | -24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$900 | $724 | -71% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,784 | $2,125 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,746 | $9,003 | -61% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$33,727 | $16,953 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,044 | $2,017 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$17,549 | $9,101 | -55% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$38,710 | $18,064 | -54% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,107 | $19,711 | -53% |
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.