83/100
#282 nationally
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center
301 Prospect Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13203 · (315) 448-5111
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joseph's Hospital Health Center billed $2.90 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 124
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #38
- 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 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% 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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
512 | $12,362 | $3,441 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
393 | $53,007 | $19,117 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
334 | $3,454 | $1,686 | -60% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
331 | $12,378 | $2,846 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $15,073 | $5,913 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
223 | $36,427 | $11,380 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $9,276 | $1,989 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
210 | $6,982 | $1,667 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
198 | $11,383 | $3,298 | -40% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $40,796 | $13,801 | -35% |
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 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,806 | $1,704 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$32,901 | $9,824 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$131,024 | $34,001 | -12% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$124,760 | $34,983 | -14% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$47,248 | $15,437 | -14% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$47,006 | $16,157 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,016 | $3,235 | -17% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$30,205 | $8,771 | -18% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,253 | $7,918 | -77% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$51,711 | $32,320 | -66% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,724 | $5,647 | -62% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay |
$131,129 | $67,518 | -61% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,454 | $1,686 | -60% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 254 · Inpatient stay |
$32,052 | $17,001 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,073 | $5,913 | -56% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,465 | $3,922 | -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.