CostGrade
A

80/100

#360 nationally

St Marys Healthcare

427 Guy Park Avenue, Amsterdam, NY 12010 · (518) 842-1900

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Marys Healthcare billed $2.83 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
2.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
25
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#43
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 25.7/35

Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.4/30

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.5/10

Better than 65% 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

93 $14,576 $2,902 -25%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

84 $42,121 $17,663 -35%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

82 $34,940 $11,458 -20%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

77 $1,414 $717 -55%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

47 $4,264 $1,690 -58%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

31 $14,740 $5,961 -58%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

30 $16,924 $7,384 -58%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

27 $44,694 $14,601 -19%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

26 $37,225 $12,272 -20%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

26 $24,396 $13,930 -61%

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
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$52,362 $12,841 +8%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$29,048 $8,138 -12%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$27,496 $7,680 -13%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$36,096 $10,007 -14%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$44,694 $14,601 -19%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$34,940 $11,458 -20%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$31,364 $9,608 -20%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$37,225 $12,272 -20%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$24,396 $13,930 -61%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,740 $5,961 -58%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,264 $1,690 -58%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,924 $7,384 -58%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,844 $5,486 -57%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,932 $3,432 -56%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,414 $717 -55%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,845 $2,160 -55%

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.
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