59/100
#1,001 nationally
St Vincent's Medical Center
2800 Main St, Bridgeport, CT 06606 · (203) 576-5551
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Vincent's Medical Center billed $3.90 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #18
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
306 | $19,342 | $3,068 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
247 | $51,188 | $14,531 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $19,793 | $3,622 | -22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
172 | $76,489 | $20,857 | +17% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
144 | $62,326 | $13,252 | +44% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
101 | $94,087 | $32,418 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $24,027 | $6,299 | -32% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $68,409 | $17,202 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $11,409 | $1,797 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $10,116 | $2,120 | -14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$63,590 | $11,691 | +52% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$48,492 | $9,807 | +47% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$57,636 | $12,017 | +47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$62,326 | $13,252 | +44% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$247,107 | $50,864 | +39% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$73,389 | $13,989 | +35% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$68,620 | $17,365 | +34% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$48,445 | $12,502 | +32% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,747 | $770 | -44% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$108,922 | $38,458 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,179 | $21,891 | -41% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$112,703 | $47,605 | -41% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$114,664 | $42,676 | -37% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$67,861 | $28,842 | -37% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,634 | $6,312 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,659 | $35,527 | -37% |
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.