6/100
#2,495 nationally
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital
8835 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118 · (215) 248-8200
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital billed $10.96 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
- 11.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 73
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #118
- 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.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% 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 |
161 | $202,532 | $18,448 | +210% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $119,643 | $12,126 | +176% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $50,123 | $2,638 | +158% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $47,837 | $1,962 | +270% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $46,860 | $2,264 | +299% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $71,191 | $4,984 | +159% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
81 | $162,132 | $12,990 | +248% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $25,384 | $1,575 | +152% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $52,559 | $3,387 | +155% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $171,195 | $15,682 | +211% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,860 | $2,264 | +299% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,837 | $1,962 | +270% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$232,499 | $16,884 | +262% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$141,435 | $10,458 | +261% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$162,132 | $12,990 | +248% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$128,063 | $9,493 | +244% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$262,215 | $21,284 | +235% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$152,922 | $11,747 | +223% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$111,539 | $14,846 | +46% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$431,909 | $44,277 | +69% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$156,636 | $21,271 | +82% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$80,149 | $8,642 | +83% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$148,810 | $21,199 | +84% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$91,920 | $12,338 | +92% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,091 | $5,606 | +97% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,099 | $6,335 | +103% |
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.