94/100
#23 nationally
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.
801 Middleford Rd, Seaford, DE 19973 · (302) 629-6611
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. billed $2.04 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
- 2.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 63
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in DE
- #1
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
373 | $31,160 | $13,184 | -50% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
280 | $27,456 | $19,415 | -58% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $9,759 | $2,697 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
197 | $5,456 | $2,329 | -54% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $20,203 | $13,026 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $5,882 | $1,614 | -42% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $21,764 | $7,178 | -45% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $11,259 | $3,275 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $9,213 | $3,248 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $5,541 | $1,883 | -53% |
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 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,461 | $8,384 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,275 | $2,816 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,770 | $32,907 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,418 | $23,002 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,288 | $3,471 | -34% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,392 | $11,025 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,742 | $10,703 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,800 | $2,044 | -40% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$29,959 | $23,637 | -72% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$22,627 | $17,609 | -68% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$15,203 | $11,976 | -68% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$15,351 | $10,090 | -66% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$29,103 | $18,464 | -65% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$62,735 | $49,811 | -65% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,080 | $1,565 | -64% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$21,053 | $16,532 | -62% |
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.