39/100
#1,616 nationally
Lower Bucks Hospital
501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA 19007 · (215) 785-9200
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lower Bucks Hospital billed $4.58 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 16
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #71
- 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 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% 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 | $85,689 | $16,929 | +31% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $44,804 | $12,740 | +3% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $14,204 | $2,500 | -27% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $45,543 | $12,979 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $31,216 | $3,149 | +24% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $86,348 | $19,864 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $66,764 | $15,719 | +21% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $43,087 | $10,083 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $111,515 | $10,603 | +65% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $26,003 | $7,777 | -15% |
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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,515 | $10,603 | +65% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$85,689 | $16,929 | +31% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$78,746 | $15,440 | +28% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,216 | $3,149 | +24% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$66,764 | $15,719 | +21% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$55,509 | $15,198 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$44,804 | $12,740 | +3% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$32,018 | $8,333 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$28,325 | $11,212 | -42% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,204 | $2,500 | -27% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$26,003 | $7,777 | -15% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$43,087 | $10,083 | -10% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$28,323 | $8,768 | -7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$45,543 | $12,979 | about average |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$86,348 | $19,864 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$32,492 | $9,049 | about average |
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.