82/100
#294 nationally
Excela Health - Frick Hospital
508 South Church Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666 · (724) 547-1500
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Excela Health - Frick Hospital billed $2.76 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #12
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% 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 |
56 | $27,336 | $12,393 | -58% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $12,272 | $2,081 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $5,387 | $1,725 | -53% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $9,712 | $2,382 | -50% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $26,783 | $8,859 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $25,173 | $8,842 | -42% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $12,920 | $5,478 | -58% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $21,054 | $10,543 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $5,557 | $1,700 | -53% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $24,617 | $10,283 | -54% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,272 | $2,081 | +4% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$21,474 | $5,669 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$25,173 | $8,842 | -42% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$26,783 | $8,859 | -43% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$26,946 | $9,374 | -44% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$30,062 | $11,466 | -47% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,712 | $2,382 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,387 | $1,725 | -53% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$21,054 | $10,543 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$14,323 | $7,080 | -63% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$27,336 | $12,393 | -58% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$12,920 | $5,478 | -58% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$24,617 | $10,283 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,557 | $1,700 | -53% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,387 | $1,725 | -53% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,712 | $2,382 | -50% |
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.