CostGrade
B

73/100

#546 nationally

Nathan Littauer Hospital

99 East State Street, Gloversville, NY 12078 · (518) 725-8621

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Nathan Littauer Hospital billed $3.11 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
3.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
17
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#52
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 28.4/35

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 18.0/25

Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.7/30

Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.4/10

Better than 44% 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

167 $7,181 $2,447 -39%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

115 $21,915 $2,822 +13%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

80 $5,137 $717 +64%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

74 $38,781 $16,922 -41%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

30 $8,633 $2,160 -33%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

25 $10,712 $3,696 -48%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

24 $29,170 $11,066 -33%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

23 $27,326 $10,734 -44%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

22 $4,832 $1,660 -52%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

19 $38,991 $14,477 -29%

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

$5,137 $717 +64%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,915 $2,822 +13%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$33,612 $10,109 -18%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,036 $1,871 -23%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$23,080 $7,605 -27%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$38,991 $14,477 -29%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$27,630 $8,967 -30%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$29,170 $11,066 -33%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,832 $1,660 -52%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,712 $3,696 -48%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$27,326 $10,734 -44%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$32,840 $14,158 -42%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$26,978 $11,492 -42%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$38,781 $16,922 -41%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,181 $2,447 -39%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,227 $5,486 -37%

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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