St Francis Hospital

7Th And Clayton Sts, Wilmington, DE 19805 · (302) 421-4100

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Francis Hospital billed $4.97 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.

See all 29 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 5.0x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 29; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in DE: #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.

Inpatient charge markup 24.3/35

Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 9.7/25

Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 14.1/30

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.9/10

Better than 39% 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	164	$14,840	$2,693	-24%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	159	$50,675	$5,589	+44%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	66	$48,431	$17,699	-26%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	56	$7,036	$1,595	-30%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	36	$36,040	$11,781	-17%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	36	$21,190	$3,185	+4%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	28	$26,044	$3,348	+12%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	27	$23,807	$3,076	+31%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit	26	$59,133	$10,496	+15%
Sepsis (without major complications) MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay	24	$28,843	$10,718	-26%

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 4 Endovascular Procedures APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit	$167,187	$17,214	+75%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	$62,159	$7,038	+56%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$50,675	$5,589	+44%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$87,921	$12,928	+41%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$23,807	$3,076	+31%
Respiratory Failure MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay	$60,087	$11,010	+24%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	$79,223	$10,812	+17%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit	$59,133	$10,496	+15%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	$78,171	$23,304	-41%
Pneumonia (severe) MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay	$30,738	$11,872	-34%
Stroke (with complications) MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay	$30,578	$9,728	-33%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$7,036	$1,595	-30%
Sepsis (without major complications) MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay	$28,843	$10,718	-26%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe) MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay	$35,035	$11,616	-26%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	$48,431	$17,699	-26%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,840	$2,693	-24%

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.

Lower markups near Wilmington

A
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.
2.0x · Seaford, DE
B
Christiana Hospital
3.6x · Newark, DE
C
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus
3.9x · Milford, DE
C
Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus
4.0x · Dover, DE
B
Beebe Medical Center
4.2x · Lewes, DE

Compare with Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.

The record

CMS provider number: 080003
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.