43/100
#1,496 nationally
Reading Hospital
420 S 5Th Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611 · (610) 988-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Reading Hospital billed $4.75 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 212
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #64
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% 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 |
1,129 | $17,813 | $2,485 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
814 | $69,880 | $16,985 | +7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
418 | $46,283 | $11,317 | +7% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
306 | $59,855 | $11,907 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
284 | $11,385 | $1,469 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $30,698 | $2,974 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
253 | $9,179 | $1,738 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
194 | $19,303 | $2,900 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $42,233 | $9,482 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $12,863 | $1,861 | about average |
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 |
$14,851 | $624 | +373% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,639 | $3,715 | +53% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$54,037 | $12,555 | +50% |
|
Kidney and Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 696 · Inpatient stay |
$36,320 | $6,436 | +48% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,130 | $4,775 | +45% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$106,364 | $17,365 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,716 | $2,135 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,633 | $2,596 | +34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,553 | $6,249 | -44% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur without
MS-DRG 494 · Inpatient stay |
$52,086 | $19,828 | -41% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay |
$111,474 | $31,251 | -41% |
|
Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 040 · Inpatient stay |
$111,755 | $29,658 | -41% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$59,668 | $19,608 | -38% |
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 464 · Inpatient stay |
$89,590 | $23,997 | -35% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$43,920 | $13,511 | -34% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 093 · Inpatient stay |
$31,975 | $6,880 | -34% |
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.