68/100
#706 nationally
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm And Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14203
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Roswell Park Cancer Institute billed $4.39 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #62
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% 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 |
574 | $2,365 | $722 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
480 | $8,680 | $1,704 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $18,916 | $3,004 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
254 | $8,495 | $2,143 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $4,965 | $2,005 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $11,126 | $3,351 | -42% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $62,972 | $8,255 | +6% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $14,409 | $3,952 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $5,321 | $1,670 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $25,234 | $6,053 | -28% |
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 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,916 | $3,004 | +7% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,972 | $8,255 | +6% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,299 | $3,263 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,680 | $1,704 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,696 | $10,902 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,365 | $722 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,320 | $7,257 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,234 | $6,053 | -28% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,405 | $3,668 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,086 | $4,060 | -63% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,129 | $3,315 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,965 | $2,005 | -58% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,883 | $3,646 | -57% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,978 | $5,304 | -49% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,588 | $6,043 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,076 | $2,977 | -45% |
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.