71/100
#616 nationally
Meadville Medical Center
751 Liberty Street, Meadville, PA 16335 · (814) 333-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Meadville Medical Center 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
- 60
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #21
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% 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 |
433 | $15,228 | $2,594 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
294 | $8,351 | $2,229 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $10,749 | $1,544 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $12,701 | $1,820 | +8% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $43,161 | $14,074 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $6,547 | $1,537 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $40,186 | $12,454 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $14,086 | $3,122 | -44% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $6,800 | $648 | +117% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $12,958 | $1,847 | +14% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,800 | $648 | +117% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,877 | $2,670 | +97% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,757 | $4,112 | +29% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,478 | $2,619 | +18% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,958 | $1,847 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,701 | $1,820 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,749 | $1,544 | +7% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$37,548 | $8,108 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$61,777 | $35,644 | -65% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$82,958 | $45,197 | -63% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$24,363 | $12,006 | -60% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,131 | $4,950 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,253 | $3,335 | -55% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$38,829 | $15,789 | -53% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$21,128 | $7,942 | -53% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$25,701 | $8,199 | -53% |
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.