72/100
#596 nationally
Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642 · (585) 275-2121
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Strong Memorial Hospital billed $2.62 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 186
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #56
- 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.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,222 | $2,718 | $293 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
527 | $11,125 | $2,431 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
522 | $9,378 | $1,237 | -27% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
442 | $20,382 | $2,862 | +5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
414 | $60,005 | $26,973 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $17,776 | $2,954 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $16,347 | $3,341 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
245 | $12,465 | $2,003 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
244 | $10,533 | $1,645 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
237 | $15,116 | $3,439 | -40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$115,374 | $16,325 | +132% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$153,716 | $55,064 | +106% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$78,358 | $28,817 | +62% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$71,105 | $25,394 | +42% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$57,311 | $22,424 | +41% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$69,716 | $24,593 | +36% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$1,163,631 | $362,442 | +32% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$93,821 | $25,135 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$724,963 | $339,500 | -63% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$19,858 | $18,533 | -63% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay |
$127,798 | $85,881 | -62% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$70,557 | $37,257 | -51% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications
MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay |
$151,373 | $84,821 | -51% |
|
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor
APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,268 | $30,723 | -51% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$24,239 | $15,185 | -50% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
MS-DRG 918 · Inpatient stay |
$17,749 | $12,401 | -50% |
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.