87/100
#156 nationally
Unity Hospital
1555 Long Pond Road, Rochester, NY 14626 · (585) 723-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Unity Hospital billed $2.20 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
- 2.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 82
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #28
- 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 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% 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 |
273 | $7,766 | $2,826 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
184 | $38,620 | $18,349 | -41% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
175 | $29,003 | $13,578 | -54% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
123 | $25,793 | $12,367 | -41% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $4,306 | $1,998 | -63% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $37,336 | $16,029 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $11,042 | $3,241 | -42% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $13,545 | $8,357 | -55% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $36,464 | $18,194 | -54% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $7,573 | $1,935 | -33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left Ama
MS-DRG 894 · Inpatient stay |
$23,449 | $6,434 | +68% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay |
$57,594 | $14,327 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,848 | $1,719 | about average |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,659 | $3,970 | -9% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$150,934 | $57,735 | -15% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$43,304 | $12,188 | -16% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$34,144 | $11,062 | -18% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$42,631 | $16,197 | -25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$10,531 | $9,541 | -73% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$13,720 | $14,305 | -73% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,034 | $1,698 | -65% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$17,060 | $13,070 | -64% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$16,006 | $9,996 | -64% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$16,453 | $10,074 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,306 | $1,998 | -63% |
|
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Major
MS-DRG 556 · Inpatient stay |
$14,025 | $9,398 | -63% |
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.