Surgical Institute Of Reading

2752 Century Boulevard, Wyomissing, PA 19610 · (717) 999-9999

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Surgical Institute Of Reading billed $5.26 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.

See all 18 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 5.3x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 18; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in PA: #57; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: Not rated; 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 10.8/35

Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.4/25

Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 16.8/30

Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.8/10

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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	338	$64,016	$11,741	about average
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	279	$12,779	$1,441	+14%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	157	$14,386	$1,738	+27%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	144	$17,114	$2,897	-16%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	100	$29,918	$6,337	-25%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	91	$66,020	$12,492	-17%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	86	$13,425	$2,081	+14%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	83	$16,054	$5,155	-54%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	42	$56,417	$16,739	-32%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	39	$8,901	$1,460	-12%

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 5 Airway Endoscopy APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit	$52,903	$6,161	+37%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,386	$1,738	+27%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,425	$2,081	+14%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,779	$1,441	+14%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay	$158,006	$29,017	+9%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$64,016	$11,741	about average
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit	$114,463	$26,230	about average
Bilateral or Multiple Major Joint Procedures of Lower Extremity without Major MS-DRG 462 · Inpatient stay	$108,617	$25,263	about average

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$16,054	$5,155	-54%
Level 5 ENT Procedures APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit	$19,756	$5,271	-43%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,554	$2,467	-40%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay	$68,218	$17,770	-37%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	$56,417	$16,739	-32%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit	$17,338	$4,705	-29%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	$29,918	$6,337	-25%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	$66,020	$12,492	-17%

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.

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The record

CMS provider number: 390316
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Physician
Emergency department: No
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.