89/100
#106 nationally
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
621 Tenth Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14302 · (716) 278-4000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center billed $1.97 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
- 2.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #20
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $29,327 | $13,787 | -19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $23,267 | $12,303 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $7,925 | $3,389 | -69% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $8,049 | $2,902 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
23 | $3,595 | $3,263 | -81% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $2,622 | $2,017 | -78% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $7,468 | $6,060 | -78% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $6,831 | $6,118 | -81% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $1,792 | $1,609 | -79% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $37,856 | $19,185 | -42% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$29,327 | $13,787 | -19% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$18,879 | $8,533 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$37,856 | $19,185 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$23,267 | $12,303 | -46% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,049 | $2,902 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,925 | $3,389 | -69% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,622 | $2,017 | -78% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,468 | $6,060 | -78% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,595 | $3,263 | -81% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,831 | $6,118 | -81% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,792 | $1,609 | -79% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,468 | $6,060 | -78% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,622 | $2,017 | -78% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,925 | $3,389 | -69% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,049 | $2,902 | -59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$23,267 | $12,303 | -46% |
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.