64/100
#818 nationally
Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita
One Hospital Way, Butler, PA 16001 · (724) 284-4403
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita billed $4.43 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 67
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #30
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
221 | $19,997 | $2,436 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $18,445 | $2,902 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $8,013 | $1,073 | -21% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $50,538 | $11,740 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $146,765 | $20,888 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $15,053 | $2,783 | -21% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $25,273 | $9,234 | -42% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $12,920 | $5,112 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $8,807 | $1,819 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $40,698 | $13,602 | -38% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,926 | $1,361 | +51% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$146,765 | $20,888 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$104,113 | $21,000 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,525 | $9,531 | +10% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,997 | $2,436 | about average |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$126,763 | $22,158 | about average |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,506 | $5,105 | about average |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,246 | $17,366 | -3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,920 | $5,112 | -63% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$72,073 | $25,774 | -61% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$77,815 | $28,497 | -57% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$82,089 | $29,894 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,183 | $1,436 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,612 | $3,114 | -53% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation without Major Complications
MS-DRG 234 · Inpatient stay |
$102,795 | $31,117 | -53% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$22,813 | $9,175 | -52% |
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.