CostGrade
B

72/100

#594 nationally

St Peter's Hospital

315 South Manning Boulevard, Albany, NY 12208 · (518) 525-1550

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Peter's Hospital billed $3.35 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
3.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
167
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#55
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 22.9/35

Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 22.5/25

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.9/30

Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.4/10

Better than 54% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

636 $56,312 $17,824 -14%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

486 $15,946 $2,846 -18%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

337 $37,693 $13,638 -40%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

336 $16,796 $3,453 -33%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

270 $11,556 $2,014 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

269 $43,071 $11,512 about average
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

264 $6,630 $1,695 -34%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

206 $23,531 $6,023 -33%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

176 $14,219 $3,349 -26%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

151 $20,268 $5,457 -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
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications

MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay

$222,194 $50,597 +197%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications

MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay

$84,181 $14,865 +23%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$66,314 $14,487 +8%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$32,429 $6,869 +6%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy

MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay

$36,776 $12,385 +5%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$47,081 $12,303 +3%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$42,164 $11,832 about average
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay

$239,367 $55,974 about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,355 $11,184 -57%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$66,813 $34,772 -55%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay

$34,671 $17,207 -55%
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay

$52,612 $24,921 -54%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay

$71,911 $29,908 -52%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,625 $6,015 -52%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,352 $8,841 -52%
Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 406 · Inpatient stay

$69,220 $24,363 -51%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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