CostGrade
A

80/100

#349 nationally

Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center

5300 Military Road, Lewiston, NY 14092 · (716) 297-4800

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center billed $2.43 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
22
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#42
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.

Inpatient charge markup 29.8/35

Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.4/25

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 25.0/30

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.2/10

Better than 22% 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

190 $8,597 $2,890 -56%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

78 $42,204 $18,612 -35%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $7,042 $988 -40%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

44 $23,341 $13,280 -46%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy

MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay

27 $57,937 $14,193 +65%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

25 $27,552 $11,136 -43%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

24 $14,024 $9,420 -56%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

22 $27,827 $13,289 -40%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

19 $35,607 $14,353 -35%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $4,934 $1,728 -62%

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
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left Ama

MS-DRG 894 · Inpatient stay

$27,175 $5,599 +94%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy

MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay

$57,937 $14,193 +65%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,061 $1,724 -13%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$35,607 $14,353 -35%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$42,204 $18,612 -35%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,042 $988 -40%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$27,827 $13,289 -40%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$27,552 $11,136 -43%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$13,308 $9,905 -68%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,826 $807 -67%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$13,566 $9,817 -65%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$19,291 $13,471 -64%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$12,953 $7,798 -63%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,934 $1,728 -62%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,032 $1,243 -60%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$18,465 $8,878 -59%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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