CostGrade
A

84/100

#217 nationally

Glens Falls Hospital

100 Park Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801 · (518) 926-1000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Glens Falls Hospital billed $2.85 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
100
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#33
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.

Inpatient charge markup 26.4/35

Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 25.2/30

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.5/10

Better than 85% 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

309 $9,494 $2,887 -51%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

309 $1,381 $724 -56%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

201 $5,274 $1,719 -48%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

154 $42,843 $17,148 -34%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

111 $8,740 $3,355 -54%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

106 $45,913 $15,051 +27%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

105 $26,139 $11,029 -40%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

98 $42,355 $13,804 -32%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

94 $7,303 $3,013 -59%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

91 $5,223 $2,160 -60%

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

$45,913 $15,051 +27%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$43,398 $11,814 -9%
Level 3 ENT Procedures

APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,377 $1,559 -16%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$23,939 $7,555 -20%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$27,587 $7,898 -20%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

$29,468 $7,847 -21%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$43,320 $14,120 -21%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$38,078 $10,673 -21%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,199 $1,800 -63%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,572 $3,970 -62%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,053 $3,696 -61%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,481 $2,976 -61%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,071 $3,431 -60%
Level 4 ENT Procedures

APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,619 $3,414 -60%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,223 $2,160 -60%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay

$17,656 $9,277 -59%

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.
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