74/100
#522 nationally
Queens Hospital Center
82-68 164Th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432 · (718) 883-3000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Queens Hospital Center billed $1.28 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
- 1.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 28
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #50
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $85,244 | $64,510 | +31% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $14,469 | $3,034 | -26% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $51,896 | $49,493 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $7,816 | $2,652 | -34% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $34,191 | $41,305 | -18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $44,741 | $50,901 | +3% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $56,758 | $43,322 | +17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $7,178 | $1,846 | -29% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $41,787 | $41,422 | -10% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $81,976 | $60,779 | +64% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$81,976 | $60,779 | +64% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$89,528 | $48,733 | +58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$85,244 | $64,510 | +31% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$221,934 | $130,353 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,812 | $777 | +22% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$56,758 | $43,322 | +17% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$58,736 | $46,109 | +11% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$57,450 | $45,790 | +4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$24,501 | $36,382 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,242 | $2,318 | -44% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$47,163 | $54,548 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,052 | $3,401 | -37% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$37,263 | $49,616 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,816 | $2,652 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,178 | $1,846 | -29% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$21,379 | $36,422 | -28% |
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.