69/100
#682 nationally
Saint Mary's Hospital
56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706 · (203) 709-6020
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Mary's Hospital billed $3.52 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 66
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #6
- 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 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% 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 |
366 | $16,933 | $3,034 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
261 | $13,298 | $2,539 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
211 | $53,282 | $18,726 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $21,501 | $5,772 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $10,319 | $1,995 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $13,196 | $2,229 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
81 | $38,552 | $12,976 | -11% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $28,465 | $6,437 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $8,718 | $1,797 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $15,739 | $3,511 | -18% |
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 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,230 | $2,607 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,277 | $1,762 | +18% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$55,016 | $13,253 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,298 | $2,539 | +13% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$47,298 | $12,482 | +13% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$41,938 | $9,769 | +8% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$45,243 | $9,938 | +3% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,196 | $2,229 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$110,871 | $42,679 | -38% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$51,207 | $17,276 | -33% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$40,612 | $14,323 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,366 | $3,012 | -31% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$53,861 | $20,834 | -31% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$184,877 | $63,460 | -31% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$21,022 | $10,150 | -31% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$38,999 | $14,918 | -31% |
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.