91/100
#65 nationally
Heritage Valley Beaver
1000 Dutch Ridge Road, Beaver, PA 15009 · (412) 728-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Heritage Valley Beaver billed $2.58 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #5
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% 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 |
128 | $7,660 | $2,308 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $4,537 | $1,433 | -55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $18,643 | $10,031 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $30,263 | $14,339 | -54% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $8,177 | $2,889 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $11,944 | $2,847 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $12,678 | $5,060 | -64% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $26,785 | $12,300 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $35,220 | $11,481 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $83,571 | $21,160 | -37% |
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 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,706 | $7,225 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$106,309 | $29,297 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,639 | $9,531 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,975 | $2,538 | -32% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,207 | $6,390 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,571 | $21,160 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,944 | $2,847 | -37% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$76,158 | $24,428 | -39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$13,930 | $9,974 | -71% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$26,890 | $16,893 | -69% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,273 | $2,570 | -69% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$9,904 | $6,450 | -68% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,177 | $2,889 | -68% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$10,736 | $6,020 | -67% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$27,726 | $14,902 | -67% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$15,857 | $9,204 | -67% |
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.