83/100
#265 nationally
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center
134 Homer Avenue, Cortland, NY 13045 · (607) 756-3501
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center billed $2.86 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #36
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% 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 |
368 | $14,556 | $3,054 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
310 | $7,679 | $2,633 | -35% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $35,110 | $18,287 | -46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $25,640 | $12,288 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $7,887 | $2,238 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $10,517 | $1,774 | +4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $30,831 | $12,280 | -34% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $44,272 | $15,439 | -20% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $17,923 | $7,799 | -44% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $20,144 | $8,167 | -34% |
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 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,452 | $3,227 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,517 | $1,774 | +4% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,213 | $8,123 | -14% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$44,272 | $15,439 | -20% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$29,760 | $9,237 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,803 | $3,470 | -23% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,556 | $3,054 | -25% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$30,831 | $12,280 | -34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,223 | $2,105 | -56% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$15,144 | $7,306 | -50% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,061 | $5,714 | -49% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$18,512 | $8,207 | -46% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$30,546 | $15,508 | -46% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$35,110 | $18,287 | -46% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,204 | $3,959 | -46% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$17,923 | $7,799 | -44% |
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.