90/100
#91 nationally
Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo
565 Abbott Road, Buffalo, NY 14220 · (716) 826-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo billed $2.42 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
- 2.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #19
- 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 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 |
314 | $8,407 | $2,799 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
302 | $38,400 | $17,923 | -41% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $7,050 | $3,412 | -72% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
145 | $26,951 | $13,051 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $17,167 | $5,945 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $15,147 | $5,440 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $81,921 | $24,750 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $40,700 | $11,445 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $11,722 | $3,593 | -43% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $33,068 | $13,757 | -40% |
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 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$135,927 | $33,497 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,999 | $8,758 | -15% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$77,643 | $24,139 | -17% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$37,258 | $11,645 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,053 | $11,308 | -20% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$64,349 | $23,135 | -22% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,262 | $17,810 | -26% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$191,088 | $68,970 | -29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$30,390 | $25,564 | -73% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,050 | $3,412 | -72% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,849 | $5,959 | -66% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$18,510 | $13,377 | -64% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$29,353 | $17,005 | -64% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$17,544 | $11,710 | -63% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$14,590 | $8,026 | -63% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$14,294 | $8,846 | -62% |
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.