70/100
#654 nationally
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
100 Hospital Drive, Bennington, VT 05201 · (802) 442-6361
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center billed $4.25 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 45
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VT
- #2
- 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 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $742 | $447 | -76% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $17,465 | $1,485 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $4,006 | $949 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
116 | $34,744 | $10,732 | -47% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $42,104 | $8,811 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $6,579 | $934 | -42% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $19,599 | $3,482 | -44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $22,196 | $8,484 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $21,637 | $7,220 | -55% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $27,172 | $9,337 | -51% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,465 | $1,485 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,369 | $2,568 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,696 | $2,716 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,836 | $2,143 | -23% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,028 | $4,642 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,481 | $3,798 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,382 | $1,920 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,009 | $798 | -30% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$742 | $447 | -76% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,595 | $1,233 | -64% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$9,888 | $4,443 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,006 | $949 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,628 | $5,663 | -60% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$24,930 | $7,123 | -59% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$21,711 | $6,594 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,141 | $950 | -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.