86/100
#173 nationally
Sisters Of Charity Hospital
2157 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 · (716) 862-1000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sisters Of Charity Hospital billed $2.28 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #29
- 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 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
241 | $32,326 | $13,472 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $7,216 | $2,861 | -63% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $44,581 | $20,548 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $24,327 | $13,673 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $18,517 | $6,014 | -47% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $43,736 | $18,116 | -47% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $7,788 | $2,109 | -40% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $12,836 | $5,486 | -53% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $16,813 | $5,881 | -51% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $33,224 | $19,386 | -40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay |
$61,416 | $20,977 | +75% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$42,410 | $13,424 | -12% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$43,971 | $18,354 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,791 | $3,379 | -17% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,745 | $12,770 | -22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$44,581 | $20,548 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$25,748 | $10,926 | -34% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$30,170 | $14,510 | -35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$19,634 | $14,264 | -71% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,205 | $3,013 | -65% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,216 | $2,861 | -63% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$17,065 | $11,510 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,699 | $3,432 | -57% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,047 | $3,668 | -57% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$30,951 | $17,264 | -56% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$14,126 | $8,557 | -56% |
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.