44/100
#1,470 nationally
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald
1500 Lansdowne Ave, Darby, PA 19023 · (215) 237-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald billed $3.96 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #62
- 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 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% 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 |
198 | $18,239 | $2,638 | -6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
170 | $77,341 | $22,047 | +19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $55,802 | $15,874 | +29% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $44,874 | $13,740 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $18,039 | $1,979 | +40% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $16,794 | $1,575 | +67% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $34,735 | $5,027 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $51,682 | $13,402 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $55,077 | $15,587 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $23,625 | $3,097 | +24% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,794 | $1,575 | +67% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$66,551 | $15,087 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,619 | $3,361 | +57% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,477 | $2,265 | +57% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$51,661 | $12,246 | +57% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$47,754 | $11,847 | +57% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$72,478 | $16,277 | +53% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,382 | $3,171 | +48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$206,291 | $73,847 | -23% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$73,631 | $24,835 | -16% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$33,954 | $11,759 | -14% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$51,229 | $17,545 | -9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,239 | $2,638 | -6% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$35,703 | $10,998 | about average |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$176,592 | $47,191 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,581 | $3,387 | 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.