29/100
#1,923 nationally
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center
750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210 · (315) 473-4240
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center billed $5.64 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
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 178
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #104
- 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 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
663 | $3,790 | $712 | +21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
458 | $146,994 | $25,649 | +125% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
425 | $13,019 | $2,135 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
326 | $13,004 | $1,693 | +29% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $27,592 | $2,851 | +42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $100,476 | $16,101 | +131% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $20,349 | $3,341 | +6% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $35,459 | $5,417 | +29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $52,029 | $13,712 | -17% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $59,974 | $9,799 | +101% |
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 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$191,494 | $8,255 | +224% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$156,308 | $21,795 | +214% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 375 · Inpatient stay |
$164,881 | $20,902 | +209% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$154,150 | $31,364 | +174% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$88,083 | $13,920 | +171% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$226,605 | $37,877 | +163% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$105,363 | $13,150 | +154% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$87,497 | $16,786 | +144% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,874 | $20,608 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,702 | $24,828 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,625 | $34,772 | -25% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,725 | $19,711 | -24% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$78,985 | $22,210 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,440 | $2,478 | -21% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,270 | $6,043 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,134 | $1,640 | -17% |
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.