82/100
#311 nationally
United Health Services Hospitals, Inc
10-42 Mitchell Avenue, Binghamton, NY 13903 · (607) 763-6000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, United Health Services Hospitals, Inc billed $2.78 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 120
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #39
- 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 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% 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 |
600 | $15,936 | $2,852 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
308 | $46,719 | $19,862 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
305 | $1,052 | $722 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $7,927 | $1,713 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
189 | $16,167 | $3,447 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
145 | $25,207 | $13,195 | -42% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $13,339 | $2,022 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $5,649 | $2,160 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $10,455 | $2,017 | -11% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $150,032 | $44,091 | -21% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,339 | $2,022 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,687 | $2,978 | +6% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,869 | $3,414 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,695 | $2,450 | about average |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,212 | $7,251 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,652 | $5,374 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,844 | $1,659 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,492 | $3,432 | -9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,931 | $1,800 | -83% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$22,788 | $15,520 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,052 | $722 | -66% |
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications
MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay |
$34,266 | $18,817 | -60% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$42,421 | $21,752 | -58% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$82,592 | $51,022 | -57% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$34,448 | $18,307 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,649 | $2,160 | -56% |
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.