60/100
#970 nationally
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center
114 Woodland Street & 500 Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105 · (860) 714-5541
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Francis Hospital & Medical Center billed $3.65 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 114
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% 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 |
632 | $19,311 | $3,019 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
340 | $67,591 | $21,248 | +4% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
303 | $47,195 | $14,484 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
248 | $50,858 | $13,882 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
223 | $16,920 | $3,571 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
149 | $11,458 | $1,803 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $33,777 | $6,268 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $16,111 | $3,485 | -16% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $31,198 | $8,592 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $31,792 | $5,593 | +16% |
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 without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$62,038 | $11,326 | +91% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,345 | $1,793 | +54% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$78,591 | $19,287 | +48% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$44,144 | $10,949 | +45% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,320 | $4,178 | +42% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,615 | $3,592 | +40% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,113 | $3,132 | +39% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,582 | $2,272 | +36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$57,212 | $34,348 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,450 | $25,860 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,351 | $36,583 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,560 | $3,859 | -42% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,441 | $19,514 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,419 | $11,896 | -37% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$44,656 | $17,983 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,993 | $6,248 | -34% |
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.