70/100
#651 nationally
Roger Williams Medical Center
825 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908 · (401) 456-2025
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Roger Williams Medical Center billed $3.08 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
- 35
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in RI
- #8
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $5,124 | $693 | +63% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $57,273 | $20,490 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $13,516 | $1,626 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $10,325 | $2,344 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $10,398 | $1,927 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $7,623 | $2,067 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $12,381 | $3,235 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $7,894 | $3,285 | -61% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $36,703 | $13,335 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $12,632 | $2,884 | -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 |
$5,124 | $693 | +63% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$97,917 | $31,842 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,516 | $1,626 | +34% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$41,067 | $12,205 | +26% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$49,293 | $13,071 | +18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,701 | $2,778 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,586 | $1,722 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$47,155 | $16,313 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,813 | $1,550 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,894 | $3,285 | -61% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,445 | $5,856 | -59% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,655 | $7,260 | -56% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$23,069 | $9,620 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,478 | $3,511 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,703 | $13,335 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,623 | $2,067 | -41% |
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.