58/100
#1,014 nationally
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756 · (603) 650-5000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital billed $3.58 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 239
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NH
- #7
- 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 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
993 | $3,303 | $670 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
922 | $12,304 | $2,377 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
808 | $8,718 | $1,436 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
617 | $10,543 | $1,927 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
580 | $7,096 | $2,011 | -45% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
540 | $22,193 | $2,754 | +14% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
459 | $3,452 | $760 | -82% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
379 | $30,098 | $3,309 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
336 | $15,970 | $3,228 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
331 | $49,215 | $13,281 | -21% |
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 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,455 | $4,154 | +125% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$69,277 | $21,869 | +92% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$179,656 | $46,577 | +83% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$118,534 | $26,137 | +79% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,664 | $7,720 | +78% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,034 | $5,081 | +77% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$131,475 | $35,368 | +63% |
|
Neuroses Except Depressive
MS-DRG 882 · Inpatient stay |
$44,724 | $13,109 | +61% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,452 | $760 | -82% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,831 | $1,149 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,414 | $1,534 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,207 | $33,505 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,096 | $2,011 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,455 | $9,624 | -44% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
$151,395 | $74,684 | -44% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$79,363 | $39,045 | -43% |
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.