27/100
#1,967 nationally
Saint Vincent Hospital
232 West 25Th Street, Erie, PA 16544 · (814) 452-5111
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Vincent Hospital billed $6.49 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
- 6.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 96
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #91
- 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 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% 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 |
821 | $24,222 | $2,859 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
578 | $11,504 | $2,456 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
221 | $86,417 | $13,792 | +38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
192 | $111,753 | $17,787 | +71% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
173 | $62,109 | $11,386 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $26,568 | $3,404 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $15,530 | $1,709 | +54% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $19,592 | $3,649 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $5,964 | $720 | +90% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $30,657 | $3,316 | +60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$125,926 | $16,866 | +138% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,588 | $8,741 | +126% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$389,490 | $40,906 | +106% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$309,241 | $34,896 | +106% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,181 | $6,873 | +105% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$87,528 | $10,851 | +100% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,964 | $720 | +90% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$232,624 | $27,756 | +87% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,251 | $2,006 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,624 | $4,285 | -20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,972 | $1,998 | -12% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$69,071 | $17,824 | -12% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$32,657 | $12,564 | -9% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$68,348 | $16,887 | -7% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$36,066 | $8,387 | -7% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,592 | $3,649 | -5% |
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.