69/100
#680 nationally
Mount Nittany Medical Center
155 Wellness Way, State College, PA 16803 · (814) 231-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mount Nittany Medical Center billed $3.67 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 88
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #24
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
574 | $5,768 | $2,342 | -51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
333 | $15,949 | $2,756 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
297 | $64,637 | $13,181 | +3% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
173 | $53,925 | $18,142 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $23,745 | $5,195 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
154 | $36,076 | $11,583 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $9,517 | $1,948 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $16,724 | $3,461 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $11,570 | $1,636 | +15% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $30,425 | $5,823 | -13% |
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 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,706 | $6,581 | +31% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,580 | $3,779 | +26% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,509 | $3,846 | +24% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,475 | $2,055 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,094 | $4,103 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,975 | $7,219 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,570 | $1,636 | +15% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,860 | $3,076 | +4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,768 | $2,342 | -51% |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$171,995 | $63,962 | -44% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,570 | $5,768 | -43% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$25,560 | $9,357 | -43% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$19,986 | $8,091 | -42% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$84,736 | $28,883 | -41% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$25,721 | $9,628 | -40% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$31,037 | $11,523 | -40% |
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.