CostGrade
B

62/100

#892 nationally

St Mary Medical Center

Langhorne-Newtown Rd, Langhorne, PA 19047 · (215) 750-2003

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary Medical Center billed $4.02 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
4.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
136
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in PA
#34
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.

Inpatient charge markup 20.2/35

Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.0/25

Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 19.4/30

Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.1/10

Better than 71% 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

772 $15,270 $2,702 -21%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

432 $47,299 $15,656 -28%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

254 $35,079 $10,557 -19%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

231 $24,085 $5,143 -12%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

203 $18,794 $3,232 -26%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

202 $17,083 $3,452 -17%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

187 $15,428 $2,024 +19%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

175 $6,908 $1,586 -31%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

138 $25,422 $6,644 -15%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

135 $65,286 $12,979 +5%

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 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,676 $1,919 +38%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

$252,282 $42,693 +33%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,163 $8,442 +33%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$45,263 $5,695 +29%
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit

$96,713 $21,685 +20%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,428 $2,024 +19%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,048 $6,481 +17%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$27,668 $3,788 +16%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Major Chest Trauma without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 185 · Inpatient stay

$21,891 $6,296 -58%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$123,093 $51,727 -54%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay

$33,448 $13,473 -50%
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay

$34,088 $11,230 -48%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications

MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay

$35,342 $12,839 -48%
Major Chest Trauma with Major Complications

MS-DRG 183 · Inpatient stay

$39,352 $12,711 -44%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$45,253 $15,961 -41%
Hypertension with Major Complications

MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay

$29,721 $9,390 -40%

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