6/100
#2,496 nationally
Temple University Hospital
3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140 · (215) 707-2000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Temple University Hospital billed $9.89 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
- 9.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 165
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #119
- 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 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
545 | $51,386 | $2,735 | +164% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
266 | $37,863 | $2,832 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
231 | $62,545 | $2,160 | +254% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $49,716 | $1,968 | +285% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $74,465 | $5,197 | +171% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $128,637 | $16,536 | +196% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $40,586 | $2,396 | +112% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $30,189 | $1,406 | +200% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $56,301 | $3,720 | +148% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $52,590 | $3,484 | +155% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,124 | $663 | +892% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$246,571 | $14,739 | +448% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$281,362 | $21,929 | +425% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses without Major Complications
MS-DRG 206 · Inpatient stay |
$201,481 | $13,230 | +336% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$173,313 | $14,780 | +318% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,511 | $999 | +314% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$173,301 | $14,243 | +311% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$225,191 | $22,076 | +309% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,802 | $10,292 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,543 | $9,509 | -12% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$150,942 | $21,804 | +48% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,863 | $2,832 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$202,376 | $23,653 | +53% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$146,375 | $18,526 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$250,859 | $31,347 | +69% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,708 | $9,961 | +70% |
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.