CostGrade
B

69/100

#668 nationally

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center

1086 Franklin Street, Johnstown, PA 15905 · (814) 534-9000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center billed $3.43 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
3.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
80
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in PA
#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.

Inpatient charge markup 24.1/35

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 16.2/25

Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.8/30

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.4/10

Better than 74% 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

208 $51,980 $18,393 -20%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

163 $7,466 $1,543 -26%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

97 $6,734 $1,820 -43%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

88 $8,927 $1,236 -21%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

85 $29,040 $12,146 -33%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

79 $42,303 $15,988 -23%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

76 $18,968 $2,566 about average
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

70 $15,903 $3,100 -37%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

54 $18,613 $3,004 about average
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

49 $35,324 $12,679 -24%

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
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

$264,550 $42,367 +40%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$46,653 $15,398 +29%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications

MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay

$103,337 $19,721 +21%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$66,197 $12,571 +6%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

$84,829 $19,534 about average
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

$37,279 $8,680 about average
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$125,005 $29,074 about average
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

$63,196 $15,959 about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

$56,716 $25,020 -50%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

$44,910 $20,527 -49%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$24,225 $11,367 -49%
Chest Pain

MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay

$17,907 $6,829 -47%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

$22,273 $8,684 -45%
Dysequilibrium

MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay

$22,039 $7,094 -44%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,734 $1,820 -43%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$27,433 $11,823 -43%

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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