91/100
#61 nationally
Crouse Hospital
736 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 · (315) 470-7449
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Crouse Hospital billed $2.25 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 133
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #15
- 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 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 |
492 | $9,920 | $2,859 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $5,746 | $1,675 | -43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
194 | $38,436 | $19,128 | -41% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $27,193 | $13,425 | -56% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
189 | $6,880 | $3,421 | -73% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
175 | $24,928 | $11,922 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $31,189 | $10,639 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $19,157 | $6,009 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $13,516 | $4,254 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $7,492 | $3,305 | -61% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$35,861 | $10,315 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,086 | $2,017 | -14% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$48,491 | $16,141 | -15% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$38,568 | $12,413 | -20% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay |
$26,238 | $14,341 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,766 | $2,471 | -25% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$51,258 | $17,923 | -28% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,165 | $1,892 | -28% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,683 | $20,608 | -75% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay |
$40,048 | $28,194 | -74% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,880 | $3,421 | -73% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,277 | $11,083 | -72% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay |
$22,192 | $18,256 | -71% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,815 | $33,194 | -70% |
|
Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Complications or
MS-DRG 041 · Inpatient stay |
$32,746 | $20,246 | -68% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$38,523 | $26,424 | -68% |
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.