72/100
#568 nationally
Ellis Hospital
1101 Nott Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 · (518) 243-4196
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ellis Hospital billed $3.46 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #53
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% 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 |
455 | $14,772 | $2,804 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
373 | $63,910 | $20,156 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $16,487 | $3,401 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
120 | $35,002 | $12,293 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $2,041 | $724 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $8,192 | $1,704 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $8,582 | $2,160 | -34% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $46,421 | $15,172 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $40,182 | $13,930 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $20,312 | $5,414 | -26% |
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 |
$56,990 | $14,783 | +58% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$239,718 | $46,367 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,223 | $9,003 | +6% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$129,644 | $32,095 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$151,383 | $34,772 | about average |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$241,209 | $55,378 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$63,910 | $20,156 | about average |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,729 | $1,704 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,659 | $6,060 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,565 | $1,698 | -47% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$24,882 | $12,741 | -47% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$65,631 | $23,002 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,961 | $4,041 | -41% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$15,667 | $6,756 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,268 | $11,649 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,681 | $10,902 | -37% |
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.